OT - Where to live next???

I've always thought it would be lovely to live in the Leesburg, VA area. It's stunning in the autumn!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "KDK" :

]I'm pretty much open to all areas - so suggest away!

please - consider Northern California!!!!!

New Mexico fits your bill

Nashville, IN, about 15 minutes from here and probably an hour out of Indianapolis, is really pretty, right near Brown County state park, and an artist community. It is a really cute little town. Housing appears to be relatively low cost there (at least compared to what I am used to). Farms and forest are all around (and wonderful fresh farm produce for good prices, just drive down the road till you hit a farm!)

I haven't been here in the winter yet but it sounds milder then Chicagoland and apparently doesn't last more then 3-4 months. Autumn is supposed to be absolutely beautiful.

marisa2

KDK wrote:

After all I've said negatively about southeast MO, now isn't a good time to say here would be a good place? We have everything you mentioed except a lot of artsyness--unless you look at it from a "middle of all points" POV.

Oh Sweetie! This is exactly what you didn't need right now. *sigh* Consider yourself soundly hugged.

Hmmm... Aunt Tink knows what you need: Some more Roasted Russian Boar with all the fixens. ALL the fixens. LOL!

I gotta tell you h>Sigh - I just found out that I can't move back into my house in Asheville -

Tink Check here for available work:

That's where my former brothers-in-law and their families live. Although I'm no longer in touch with them, the last time I did they told me they loved the area.

Only 20 miles down the road from me! Plus many other advantages - close to DC for cultural events, close to mountains for getting away from it all. Only about 3-4 hours from the Ocean or the Chesapeake Bay (which means great seafood in this area).

Disadvantage - housing is expensive. 8-/

Cheri Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

It depends if you like snow in winter, what yo're describing sounds like the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia around the Byron Bay area.

There's a needlework show down there now. Don't know if I'll make it. :-( Oatlands is absolutely stunning.

Well.....I have this little house just outside of St. Louis...... They also have an artist's community taking shape along the river road in MO. Clarksville area. All kinds of special loans etc. for artist types wishing to relocate. Lots of revitalization going on. They're turning it into a tourist destination.

Well...up here in North Georgia is nice...and we are close enough to many neat places to place your jewelry...in fact there are many homes in my neighborhood for sale...only a 2 month winter, really, and mostly no snow or ice! I'd love to have some beady friends in my area! Arleen

Oh yeah....lots of trees, very green here!

Kathy -- I am going OUT OF MY MIND trying to find the beginning of this thread here, and I can't. Did it start in the middle of another? DAMMIT!!!!!

My suggestion: Kaytee's ranch, then San Luis Obispo, then anywhere you want. LOLOLOL -- it has been a BLAST finding a place to live!!!!! I have more personal suggestions also so please email me.

Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right." -- Counting Crows

Austin, TX has everything you listed plus lots more. Austin is more like California and it's not really Texas. Lots of artists here and its' a very artsy town. Tons of rivers and natural springs that are cold. Lots of ongoing artsy venues as well.

Nashville is a pretty place, but the winters aren't that mild. It's a typical Midwest sort of climate, hot summers, part of the central tornado belt, and snow that isn't frequent but can be heavy. I have photos of Bloomington in one of the snowstorms where we had almost two feet dumped on us over 24 hours. Half the trees along the roadway were damaged by the sudden, heavy snow. The thing it doesn't have that Chicago does is the lake winds but it can get cold.

It's a great tourist area, but gets really busy during the autumn and summer, the rest of the year it can get a bit dead. It's going to be significantly cheaper than Bloomington because it doesn't have the problem of student housing raising the costs but it's also a drive to get to anywhere if you want something.

And yes, the fall colors are stunning. Brown County State Forest is one of the major drive-through areas for seeing the colors, it's _almost_ as good as the northern parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota for fall color. Almost.

-Su

It's a beautiful place. And a college town. Good for the sophistication a university brings to a small town, but not a great place to look for work.

How about Kamloops, BC?

Tina

I have to say, I don't know which I'd hate most, the heat or being in a tourist destination.

Tina

That's *easy*! The Pacific Northwest. Anywhere in western Oregon or Washington. I adore where I live and it has all of the criteria.

Arizona or New Mexico high country? (Like Taos).

Near Seattle. They have a wonderful art community, and are also quite cosmopolitan, multinational.

I've always liked Montana.

Fayetteville.

Portland is good! Probably the West Coast city I'd find most comfortable. A lot like Edmonton was when I lived in Edmonton many years ago.

Kamloops. Southern side of the Rockies. Wonderful orchards.

Tina