Mayberry
Posted on 08/26/2006 9:29:55 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
CNNMONEY.COM
And the winners are...
Americans are flocking to places that offer big-city opportunities and amenities -- with a lot more green space and a lot less stress. See the top 10 Great American Towns.
1. Fort Collins, CO
2. Naperville, IL
3. Sugar Land, TX
4. Columbia/Ellicott City, MD
5. Cary, NC 10. Eden Prairie, MN
6. Overland Park, KS
7. Scottsdale, AZ
8. Boise, ID
9. Fairfield, CT
10. Eden Prairie, MN
What do you think is the best place to live?
Fort Collins, CO
Naperville, IL
Sugar Land, TX
Columbia/Ellicott City, MD
My hometown
None of these
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In WV, you can build a palace but there'll be a trailer right next to it. When you are traveling through WV, the most commonly uttered phrase is "How in the %#&@ did they get that trailer up there?"
Maybe Virginia then. I don't know....That part of the country does interest me, though.
Indiana and NC, too.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I live in the mountains of SW Va. It's a great place to live. And dirt cheap. I can buy a 4 bd house about 20 minutes away for about $80k.
Visited Utah once on my way to Colorado. Didn't know I wasn't welcome! :-)
Thanks for the tip; I'll be looking for that "least diverse" site!
20 minutes away from where?
80K? That is nice. Comparable to KS prices.
I do understand that northern VA is the place not to go though due to the DC influence etc.
"I refer to Hinsdale, IL"
From me!
I suspect that WVNan is spreading disinformation to try to stem the tide of Yankees moving there. Atlantans say that kind of thing a lot.
As the Baby Boomers start retiring, they're looking for cheap real estate; a retiree can sell a relatively modest home in a big Northeastern city and build a mountaintop retreat someplace like WVa., with a nice nest egg left over. If you'd rather have a mountain view than a beach one, jobs and schools are no longer a concern, and the grandkids will come visit wherever you are, Appalachia is a great place to retire.
I've seen a lot of towns in the Appalachians that have had a building boom to accommodate "half-backs" -- people who retired to Florida, found out they didn't like it, and moved halfway back. Houses are sprouting like mushrooms in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
That's so strange! I went on a few retirement websites to query databases, -- "Your Spot" et al., and Mt. Airy came up on every one of them as the place for us.
So could you become: TheMayBerryMadam???
Naperville? LOL!
And for the record, they aren't trailers-they're "Manufactured homes" : )
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
"TheMayBerryMadam???"
I like it!! Gool-eee! (in my best Gomer accent.)
Yeah, as an Austinite, me too.
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