[joe moving]

Originally Posted by organick

Just gonna throw it out there and leave it open ended. Looking for a good community, artsy, organic, "hippie" if you must, alternative schools, access to outdoors type of town. I know they both fit pretty well but.......

Which one would you choose to live in or around if you could and why??? I want some insight as to why you choose one over the other. Perhaps some issue I haven't considered because I am not from that area.

Thanks

If you find this place, let me know!

[organick]

Originally Posted by joe moving

If you find this place, let me know!

There are a bunch of places like this all over the country. I could compile a list for you if you wish

[arel]

I'd love to see such a list.

[organick]

Asheville, nc
Missoula, MT
Eugene, OR
Multiple cities in northern calif.
Madison, WI
Austin, TX
Durango, CO
Ithaca, NY (from what I am told)
Burlington, VT
Brattleboro, VT ( from what I'm told)



There are more but just a few off the top of my head. Obviously noy everyone in these areas fits the above mentioned but there is a very large presence of such. Don't you all travel ever??

[RATT]

Originally Posted by organick

Asheville, nc
Missoula, MT
Eugene, OR
Multiple cities in northern calif.
Madison, WI
Austin, TX
Durango, CO
Ithaca, NY (from what I am told)
Burlington, VT
Brattleboro, VT ( from what I'm told)



There are more but just a few off the top of my head. Obviously noy everyone in these areas fits the above mentioned but there is a very large presence of such. Don't you all travel ever??

Thanks for a Great list organick,i can vouch for Missoula MT witch is quirky a liberal oasis in the middle of the most right wing area of the country.Also the diversity cancer is not a problem there as it is in Eugene OR.whom is also a great town.
However When it comes to N. California,for anyone whom is thinking about going there,i suggest you check a article i red on buzzflash.com,on top of having severe water problems California is literally bankrupt.
Thanks to your great list organick i was able to find what looks like is going to be my little slice of paradise.A place that i would have never thought off!!!

[organick]

Originally Posted by RATT

i was able to find what looks like is going to be my little slice of paradise.A place that i would have never thought off!!!

good for you...where at??


also in regards to cali. its quite expensive also.

[Sherylcatmom]

Originally Posted by organick

also in regards to cali. its quite expensive also.

So is Durango, another place we considered. Prices and cost of living were shocking.

[mustmove]

There are tons of towns like that. New Paltz NY fits the description and there are more like it up and down the Hudson Valley. As to the comment about CA being broke, VT has serious budget problems.

[pabear]

I lived 25 minutes south of Ithaca growing up. It was a great town to go out to visit/shop/eat/see things. Yes it has Ithaca college and Cornell University. Don't get me wrong, Cornell University was incredible to have nearby. My mother worked there for many years and took me to some pretty amazing agriculture exzibits. After you have been there for a bit it is the same as any place else. I know live in NH, have been to Brattleboro many times, and I can tell that the fall scenery is not even close to what there is to offer up further in New England. Brattleboro may be "artsy", but trust me, Ithaca is as well, and the all mighty dollar is all that talks as well in Ithaca. Hope this helps.

[RATT]

Originally Posted by organick

good for you...where at??


also in regards to cali. its quite expensive also.

False alarm old chum,i was a little bit premature...the town i was speaking off was Durango.Co,
After you mentioned it ,i did some preliminary research and i thought WOW!!!!
This is it i found Nirvana.
However as with a one night stand in the light of the morning often the reality is brutally disappointing in so many ways.
Many knocks Durango for being to expensive but that is to be expected for what is a desirable place to live,however the dirty little secret that nobody talks about is the violent crime situation witch exist there.I had dinner today with a California couple that use to live in Aspen Colorado but have relocated to saratoga spring by all place whom told of that unspoken crime situation.Witch according to them is also the case in Aspen no less.
The reason why that is,
as to the do with the absolute invasion of illegals witch have literally taken over Colorado.I was incredulous(or in denial)at first but when i got home i started digging in and i saw on a local Durango blog similar to city-data testimonies that corroborate the couple's assessment.In the outlining area of Durango(as in Aspen)is where the proverbial help lives and you guest it a lot off them are illegals and according to the FBI report link on that website the sub-human MS-13 street gang as set camp there.However i do not know if that sub-human MS-13 crap on 2 legs is also in Aspen but they have a large illegal population there nonetheless.
Astonishingly if you look at a the demographic of the towns in CO. witch have a 85-90%(+) white majority you will see that the Latino population form a disproportionally large portion of the minority population.

here i pasted what i red from the locals on that blog:

" Durango has the second-highest violent crime rate, with 810 violent crimes per 100,000 residents (where 450 is the national average and 700 is considered high.) Englewood had the highest crime rate, with more than 900 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. Of course, that doesn't even include the extremely violent small towns like Cripple Creek that have less than 5,000 people, but Durango definitely has a high enough crime rate. And this is based on official FBI data, so the statistics are NOT wrong. Rates of aggravated assault, forcible rape, and murder are especially high. And speaking of murder, there wasn't a murder in Durango for years and years, but the silence was broken in 2004, when 1 or 2 murders started happening each year. This is just ridiculous for such a small, isolated town. This, combined with the extremely high cost of living, makes Durango a bad place to raise a family."