New Mexico has lots of retirees and therefor lots of trailers.

SLC
Seriously my friends from there are always on wild outdoorsy adventures with their whole families.

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Anonymous wrote:Portland, OR. Just not right at this moment.

I like Portland, but it's going to take the city a long time to recover from the events of this year.

Yeah it's going to be really hard for a city to rebuild four square blocks?

PP said recover, not rebuild. And I’m assuming the PP is referencing the city’s image and reputation, which will indeed take some time to rebound.

Portland is not what its cracked up to be. Research carefully. It is a hyped up city with some major issues.

- Current Portland resident

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Anonymous wrote:All the Denver responses are cracking me up. It's not what you're looking for. And beware of Boulder.

+1. Research carefully, it may not be what you’re imagining or expect. Also the air quality and cost of real estate are not great.

+1

Denver native and I couldn't agree more. The city and metro area are further from the mountains than many people think. The city and its immediate environs are flat, ugly, choked by sprawl and traffic, and challenged by poor air quality. Denver itself has a large homeless population, and the issue of homelessness has only gotten worse over time. Boulder is nicer but outrageously expensive and out of reach for most people.

Also a Denver native living in DC for 25 years with lots of family still there.

Denver is very white, housing is now pretty expensive and Denver now has lots of traffic and the brown cloud which I grew up with and had been defeated is back and worst of all people are starting to get uptight and cranky there too.

And the traffic to and from the mountains on the weekends is just unbearable and you have to remember the weather limits the how much of the year you can really do stuff in the mountains (there are about 5 months of the year when you can neither ski nor do much else in the mountains) and Denver is still a really boring city and it is dry and brown much of the year.

We did some back country camping 2 summers ago and it was crazy how many people we were running into deep into backcountry (10+ miles from the road) on a trail 6 hours from Denver - it used to be once you got out of day hiking range from the parking lot you would only rarely encounter other people but there were dozens of tents we saw every night.

Having said that if I was going to live in Colorado there are some really nice smaller towns - I particularly like Fort Collins and Grand Junction. Boulder is one of the most beautiful places in the US but it is very expensive and a bad place politically and culturally now.

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Anonymous wrote:Taos, New Mexico (area Julia Roberts lives)
Arroyo Secco

That area is super weird and is for the super weird. Just FYI everyone. Spooky even. LOTs of trailers.

I think NM is generally beautiful but I second this. Weird vibe there.

Anonymous wrote:Norwich, VT
Bozeman, MT
Santa Cruz, Ca
Portland, Maine
Asheville, NC
Burlington, VT

These are all places I love. Some more than others. But all are amazing.

I’m curious what you like specifically about Santa Cruz? I live in CA now and I’m under the impression the schools aren’t great there and certainly the cost of living can be hard. The few times I’ve spent a day / night in Santa Cruz the massive amounts of homeless and open drug use have alarmed me.

Agree Durango, CO.

Anonymous wrote:I hate giving away this secret, but Hampstead, NC is the best place to live, Especially for outdoorsy families. Small town, 15 minutes to wilmington if you want fun/entertainment/date nights, Raleigh is not too far if you need certain medical care or services of a big city, and the schools are all 8-9’s. COLA is amazing there too.

Oops, COL* not COLA.

I hate giving away this secret, but Hampstead, NC is the best place to live, Especially for outdoorsy families. Small town, 15 minutes to wilmington if you want fun/entertainment/date nights, Raleigh is not too far if you need certain medical care or services of a big city, and the schools are all 8-9’s. COLA is amazing there too.

Bozeman, Montana

Asheville, NC

Anonymous wrote:Madison WI. Spent the most delightful summers there as a kid.

You weren't there for the winters!

Anonymous wrote:Denver. Portland (OR).

Np This isn't a good place right now! Fires and protests, no thanks!