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Moscow might work. It depends how big you think you can go and still have "small town feel".
It is a city of 25,000 in a county of 40,000, right next to Pullman / Whitman county WA with 50,000. So combined the two and you have 90,000 people in area. Acceptable or too many?
Nampa has 90,000 in a county of 180,000 in a metro of 710,000.
Bonner County has 40,000.
I wouldn't consider any of them to quite be a simple small towns. Sandpoint by itself might be at the upper end of small town to me. These places imo are small to modest cities in small to modest metros. You might think differently. How small a small town are you coming from? More importantly for recommendations, what is your preferred city or metro size range? Specify one and / or the other and you can targeted recommendations. Until you do that, folks would be guessing, maybe in your range, maybe not.
If Mosow / Pullman is too big, do Sandpoint / Bonner. If that is too big, be prepared to give up a lot of your desired urban amenities.
If you want a true small town with a small college, hospital, etc., then maybe look at Dillon MT or Powell WY.
Or somewhat bigger, LaGrande OR. Or Caldwell ID. Or Ellensburg or Walla Walla WA. Laramie WY. Elko NV...
Great thoughts. I come from a county of 37,000 where the biggest towns in that county might tip 5000 people. So, small is small. What makes the towns appealing are that they have a distinct town center. Park and then walk most if not all of it. Either a home in a subdivision with big lots or homes on 1-5 acres a little further out of the subdivisions. Do like the 4 seasons, more trees for scenery than high desert, and also be within a reasonable drive to bigger shopping opportunities, medical facilities and high schools that aren't far away.
I know this list is kind of narrow, but know that these towns are out there. Just looking for specific towns to do more research on. I'm more of the attitude to embrace the new location instead of bring the old with me.
I swear you sound just like my family. We were considering east of Sacramento and also Colorado, but something is missing for us in both those places. We are now considering Idaho. Although we think Boise area is a better fit for us due to the excellent schools and the growing tech market (husband is in tech).
Sandpoint is probably the best fit for your criteria in Idaho. Fairly small, good high school, green, within range of CDA and Spokane for shopping, higher ed options for kids later, medical if more is needed.
Of the other places I mentioned, Ellensburg WA might also be worth a look. Downtown is praised.
Hello, I could not agree with you more.
Oregon has truly been ruined by the people that relocate here and bring their habits and unwillingness to assimilate with them.
I am itching to get out of here as soon as possible.
Great thoughts. I come from a county of 37,000 where the biggest towns in that county might tip 5000 people. So, small is small. What makes the towns appealing are that they have a distinct town center. Park and then walk most if not all of it. Either a home in a subdivision with big lots or homes on 1-5 acres a little further out of the subdivisions. Do like the 4 seasons, more trees for scenery than high desert, and also be within a reasonable drive to bigger shopping opportunities, medical facilities and high schools that aren't far away.
I know this list is kind of narrow, but know that these towns are out there. Just looking for specific towns to do more research on. I'm more of the attitude to embrace the new location instead of bring the old with me.
Grangeville is worth a look,
however it's a little over hour away
from major shopping in Lewiston.
Which places have the coolest summers? Which places get the most rain? Where is real estate less expensive. I saw some listings in CDA on the water that looked nice but were seriously expensive -- $5-20 million. Are there other lake-river areas to consider.
I get a kick out the kook whining about California . According to tax-rates. org California and Idaho have almost the exact same property tax rates. .69 v .74 and California has the best public universities in the world under the University of California system. I live in Texas where they complain about California too, however the Houston Chronicle did a fact check and California is doing fine. When a place has such a powerful economic engine and the standard of living for the wealthy gets so high-its natural to want to move. $5,000,000 in the bank can buy a lot more almost anywhere else - I don't need to find a job so California is totally out of consideration.
Anyway back to Idaho- a place on water -not far from a town of 5000 with summers 80 degrees of below would be fine.
I don't think you are going to find any place in Idaho with summers uder 80 degrees. Try a coastal village in Oregon and even those will have a week or so that gets over 80 degrees in the summer.
I don't think you are going to find any place in Idaho with summers uder 80 degrees. Try a coastal village in Oregon and even those will have a week or so that gets over 80 degrees in the summer.
Good advice. We had a place in Newport, OR and a couple of summers ago it was over 100 in Portland but in the 60’s in Newport. I love the Oregon Coast.
Idaho summers get HOT...though the nights are always cool. At least in my 16 years.
Which places have the coolest summers? Which places get the most rain? Where is real estate less expensive. I saw some listings in CDA on the water that looked nice but were seriously expensive -- $5-20 million. Are there other lake-river areas to consider.
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Anyway back to Idaho- a place on water -not far from a town of 5000 with summers 80 degrees of below would be fine.
A place like this would likely mean lots of winter problems. Power outages and voltage drops, road closures during and after storms, lots of snow removal around the home and private access roads, etc.
If the mid-summer temps average 80, then the spring and fall temps will be in the high 50s, and the winters will hover around zero for more days. Sometimes far below zero.
It also means more winter months.
They do exist here, and the reasons above are why the towns are typically small. If you want lots of 80º days, it's best to be prepared for a few that are in the 90s up to 100º. Unless, that is, you really like life at 55º most of the time.
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I could not agree more
