Live in a small town that you love?
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Runwildboys
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I'm not crazy about the town I live in now, but I grew up in a town I loved, West Milford, New Jersey. I don't know the population, but it's 88 square miles in the mountains of Northern NJ, right on the NY State line. I once counted the lakes from memory (just the ones I knew of personally), and there were more than 20 of them. I lived on a small lake, in a log house, adjacent to a state forest. It's a little more than an hour drive to NYC, but you'd never know it, because you're surrounded by forests and mountains.
The only problem is that since the time when I lived there ( Moved in 1981) the bear population has gotten insane. When I lived there as a kid, my friends and I would grab sleeping bags and blankets, hike into the woods a few miles, and camp out on New York Rock, from which you could see the NYC skyline...and we never even heard of anyone seeing a bear. Last I'd heard, there are now more than 1,100 bears in the town.
The only problem is that since the time when I lived there ( Moved in 1981) the bear population has gotten insane. When I lived there as a kid, my friends and I would grab sleeping bags and blankets, hike into the woods a few miles, and camp out on New York Rock, from which you could see the NYC skyline...and we never even heard of anyone seeing a bear. Last I'd heard, there are now more than 1,100 bears in the town.
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Oh my. I see this thread was started in 2016. You really did have alot of records to sell.Getting close to moving so need more ideas
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I lived my 1st 21 years in a small town (14000). That was a different era of course. Then I spent the next 30 years in 2 different cities, both over 50 000, I now live in a small town, 25 000 Southwestern Ontario.
My likes
-affordability, I am 52 and own my own home and essentially retired.
-low crime
-people are so friendly
-lack of congestion
-not breathing big city pollution
-I have everything I need, 2 grocery stores, nice restaurants, fast food joints
-I am 30-45 minutes from downtown Detroit, all 4 sports teams are downtown, they have a new arena, so most concerts are downtown, close to 2 International Airports, but not in a flight path area, I am 20 minutes from malls and big-box stores
-4 hours from Toronto, I prefer events in Detroit
-I have a multipath trail nearby, a national park, a casino
- and more that I will come up with
My likes
-affordability, I am 52 and own my own home and essentially retired.
-low crime
-people are so friendly
-lack of congestion
-not breathing big city pollution
-I have everything I need, 2 grocery stores, nice restaurants, fast food joints
-I am 30-45 minutes from downtown Detroit, all 4 sports teams are downtown, they have a new arena, so most concerts are downtown, close to 2 International Airports, but not in a flight path area, I am 20 minutes from malls and big-box stores
-4 hours from Toronto, I prefer events in Detroit
-I have a multipath trail nearby, a national park, a casino
- and more that I will come up with
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