Are there walkable, mild weather, AND close to nature spots in the US (that are actually affordable)? Am I looking for a unicorn.
I’m feeling quite indecisive. Spent the last hour looking at Zillow, and feel no closer to figuring out where might be a good spot to move.
After years of moving around quite a bit and never feeling quite at home, in my later 20s I’m finally trying to take seriously that I need to start finding somewhere to settle.
I’ve lived in a few different states during my life, and visited countless cities across the US, but no place I’ve been really felt like home. After a year of living in my current city to be close to family, I’m finally realizing I need to move. It’s quite a small town in the mid west, cold winters, and the closest city with community is an hour away. Hoping to find that long term spot to settle down, and build community.
I absolutely love the outdoors, living a healthy lifestyle, so access to trails, somewhere I can bike for 50% of the week, nature and good local produce would be such a dream! I’m also someone who doesn’t do well in long cold winters. Snow 2-3 times a year is fine, but weeks on end of below freezing, and days where I can’t leave the house due to feet of snow is a no go.
Oh and trees, beautiful big green trees, I’ve found make me SO HAPPY.
Anyway, does somewhere like this even exist? Or do I need to lower my expectations? For those of you looking to move somewhere new, where do you even begin?