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Best Small Towns in America

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by JayZ750, Jan 14, 2007.

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  1. weslinder

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    Nacogdoches isn't bad, but the brother city is a very nice vacation spot. Natchitoches, LA, is one of my favorite weekend getaway spots.
     
  2. MR. MEOWGI

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    Yeah I was there at SFA for the early-mid 90s. I still have a bunch of friends there. My buddy runs the Tattoo shop right south of town on 59. Tell him you know MR.MEOWGI and you will get a free tattoo of a monkey smoking a cigarette.
     
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    Pagosa Springs, CO.
     
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    Pagosa Springs is unbelievable. That drive through the gap down to Pagosa Springs almost made me have an accident, it was so grand!
     
  6. heypartner

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    anyone ever been to Redstone, CO. The "back range" side of Aspen.

    that place is like 800 people, but quite a stop.
     
  7. rimrocker

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    Boy, some of the small towns in this thread are quite large to my way of thinking, though I guess if you consider Houston large then just about everything else is small.

    Flagstaff used to be great, but the housing prices are officially outrageous and it has grown way too much. Prescott is worse as it is quickly becoming a long-distance commuter community for Phoenix. As far as AZ towns go, Payson is probably next to fall to the Phoenix.

    Towns I like:

    Grand Junction, CO... nice size, everything you could want, reasonable property values, and a well kept historic downtown.

    Medford, OR... more expensive then Grand Junction, but not as expensive as many nice places in NO Cal and OR.

    Baker City, OR... small (10-12,000), but a large historic downtown and many amenities you would find in a larger city.

    Cortez, CO... for those priced out of Durango, Cortez is right down the road and sits in a perfect place to go skiing one weekend and exploring prehistoric sites at Mesa Verde and similar places the next. Decent little downtown.

    Bozeman, MT... college town, outdoor paradise, and all the amenities... quickly becoming overpriced.

    Boise, ID... I really like Boise... good amenities, college town, lots of cultural stuff, historic neighborhoods all over the place... but quickly becoming too populated as the locusts we call Californians devour all that is good and wholesome on this earth.

    La Grande, OR... up the road from Baker City... college town, lots of outdoor stuff.

    Eureka/Arcata, CA... Redwood country, on the coast, college town.

    Whitefish, MT is OK, but cold.

    Silver City, NM is OK.
     
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    Any of you Westerners get to Pocatello, Idaho? My dad came from Idaho and we used to go out there occasionally. I was there last in about 1994...

    I would love to live out west.
     
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    it's the 4th largest city in the country and growing!! :D most of the country is smaller!
     
  10. MR. MEOWGI

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    #1 area wise.
     
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    are you sure?? i thought jacksonville was.
     
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    Although it has close to 90,000 people now, Murfreesboro, TN is a great placee to live, IMO. It is just 30 minutes away from Nashville and has the great Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders! It is also considered one of the fastest growing cities in the nation maybe even in the world (it had like 25,000 people when I got my bachelor's in 1995).

    An even smaller town is Metropolis, Illinois. They have a statue of Superman and a casino that is on a riverboat.
     
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    Center Harbor, NH - the lakes region at the base of the White Mountains

    Madison, WI - the women will outdrink you

    Any of the non-Key West Keys

    I've never really lived in a small town.
     
  15. heypartner

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    still haven't been to Oregon, but I hear a lot about it.

    I do know they have the best Pinot Noir for the buck, though.
     
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    I will put it on the list for a 3rd time. I love Pagosa Springs.

    My uncle lived there for quite a while. Would visit him every summer. The fishing and hiking were awesome. Then he goes off and moves to Midland, Tx. :(
     
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    I love Pagosa Springs, and especially Wolf Creek. Too bad Red McCombs is about to ruin it for everyone with his new development.
     
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    I'll probably pass on Colorado...I've been there a lot of times...a lot.

    Any more suggesstions in the Northeast would be awesome.
     
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    South Lake Tahoe,Ca.

    Jackson Hole,Wyoming

    Estes Park,Colorado

    Galveston,Texas
     
  20. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    Fly to Providence
    Drive to Newport and spend a day there
    Drive to New Bedford, Mass and eat at Davey's Locker and visit the whaling museum. Eat pizza at Pa Raffa's for dinner.
    Drive out to the cape the next day and visit P-town.
    Come off the cape and drive up to Plymouth.
    Drive through Boston if you're brave (I'd rather drive in Manhattan)
    Drive up to Maine and visit Freeport and Portland (eat lobster rolls whenever possible) Make sure to go into LL Bean and the kittery trading post.
    Come back down, but head inland a bit and drive through Worcester, Mass
    Get on 395 and drive south towards Norwich CT.
    Then go south to Mystic
    Head back to Providence to fly home.

    Give yourself some time, and you'll see so much quaintness, you'll get desensitised.
     

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