This LA adventure is probably the last chapter of my premium mediocre neourban core living adventure. 10 years of this, barring a small 18 month suburban break in Vegas in 2011-12.
Time to go domestic cozy.
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Unless there’s a drastic change in either affordability of a big metro I have strategic reason to be in, or a sudden jump in my income, I’m gonna look for an affordable small town to move to in the next few years. Priorities: airport, healthcare, near water, preferably coastal.
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NOT looking for suggestions. I can look at a map, make a spreadsheet, and google to populate it same as any of you.
Looking for a cheap trick to think about this right, get oriented for whatever the strategy should be.
Right now it’s barely an idea let alone a strategic one.
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Hate Portland tbh. Plus it’s actually a big metro by my filter threshold.
I think I need a lifestyle strategy idea before I can pick a place.
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If you really wanna shake it up you can come live in Grosse Pointe with a coastal vibe (massive lake) in the Great Lake state and ponder the oddities of our existence in an economy on the decline for over a half century. It’s a very weird place here.
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Spent 6.5y in SE Michigan and my wife is from there. Neither of us want to go back 😂
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Providence: 60 miles out of Boston, rents half as much.
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I’m anticipating a significant migration out of large cities and into small, non-suburban towns, ie ones that have the same development patterns (density, walkability) as large cities, but on a much smaller scale. Hudson, NY (pop < 10,000) for example is thriving.
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define "near water" and "coastal" because these are going to be problematic in our lifetimes?





