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Many upstate NY towns like that.....IGA stores, Agways, Amish (4th largest population outside of Ohio, Pa, and Indiana), farm stands galore, going out and leaving your house unlocked, firehouse BBQs, cafes were you can eat outside, bike races, county fairs, getting "stuck" behind farm equipment while driving on a road, ice cream stands, the librarian checking out you books and dropping them off to your house, cashiers asking how your family is or hearing about something that happened and asking if everything is ok, coming home and finding veggies or honey at your door.......we have a lot to love up here...
I am loving this thread and soaking up all the information in it re: the importance of being near health care, the ills of the 21st century being everywhere, looking for a place that's doing well economically, and the small towns that everyone is recommending.
My guy is retired, and I have only a few more years before I am too. We're in CA and go hiking every year in the beautiful Sierras. An affordable small(er) town near mountains, with decent healthcare not too far away would be so nice. I love our Pacific mountain ranges, but the key word is affordable, so I'm open to other places too.
I remember my mom would always tell me you don't want to live in a small town because everyone knows your business, but I want to be a part of a community. I don't like the impersonal culture that comes with living in a city.
MtBoundFamily, Countrykaren, I would like to live in a place like you describe! It's encouraging that there are still places like that.
I am loving this thread and soaking up all the information in it re: the importance of being near health care, the ills of the 21st century being everywhere, looking for a place that's doing well economically, and the small towns that everyone is recommending.
My guy is retired, and I have only a few more years before I am too. We're in CA and go hiking every year in the beautiful Sierras. An affordable small(er) town near mountains, with decent healthcare not too far away would be so nice. I love our Pacific mountain ranges, but the key word is affordable, so I'm open to other places too.
I remember my mom would always tell me you don't want to live in a small town because everyone knows your business, but I want to be a part of a community. I don't like the impersonal culture that comes with living in a city.
MtBoundFamily, Countrykaren, I would like to live in a place like you describe! It's encouraging that there are still places like that.
we are moving back to Cambridge, ny (house is physically in white creek, 5 mile down the road)
Very few towns left that haven't been destroyed by poor land-use choices and sprawl. One of the few remaining that I know of is Westcliffe, CO, which has all you describe without sprawl, an intact main street and it vibrant but also feels old-fashioned - a working town, not a resort.
Some of those towns have smaller towns uphill from them, where it's cooler in the summers. Like Pollock Pines, up the mountain a little from Placerville. It's amazing what a little extra elevation will do, to cool off the summer heat. Twain Harte might be a possibility, too, though I don't know if it has a "cute" town center... Do you, BB?
I have a friend who lives in Twain Harte. He loves it there. He lives in a cabin amongst the trees. It does snow quite a bit.
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