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- Green Bay, Wisconsin. Metro Population: 326,590. Median Home Price: $247,092. Average Annual Salary: $51,510. New to the No. 1 spot on the Best Places to Live list this year is Green Bay.
- Huntsville, Alabama. Metro Population: 483,366. Median Home Price: $304,290. Average Annual Salary: $61,140. After ranking No. 1 in 2022, Huntsville has been unseated as the Best Place to Live in the U.S. in 2023-2024, but remains near the top thanks to its strong job market and low cost of living – a winning combination for many people looking to relocate.
- Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina. Metro Population: 2,034,246. Median Home Price: $436,616. Average Annual Salary: $61,759. The Raleigh and Durham metro area continues to be an attractive place for people to relocate, thanks to its affordability and job market.
- Boulder, Colorado. Metro Population: 328,713. Median Home Price: $784,844. Average Annual Salary: $73,360. Holding its spot at No. 4 for the second year in a row, Boulder has a strong job market and gets high marks for quality of life.
May 3, 2024 · From a Colorado mountain resort to a bayside beauty in Maine, keep these small towns — ranked from most to least populated — in mind the next time you want to go somewhere new, unexpected and totally charming. Here are the best small towns in America to live in or visit.
- Newburgh, New York
- Fayetteville, West Virginia
- Old Fort, North Carolina
- Kalispell, Montana
- Ely, Nevada
- Rangeley, Maine
- Desert Hot Springs, California
Population:34,293 Newburgh was once dubbed the murder capital of New York, and while the small city on the Hudson River still has its challenges, a wave of investment from New York City transplants is driving a revival. A citywide trend is transforming vacant lots into parks and historic buildings into restaurants, boutique hotels, and artist studi...
Population:2,806 The state recently began an initiative that pays remote workers $12,000 to move to certain towns—and also covers a year’s worth of outdoor recreation. The smart ones will skip the perks and head straight for Fayetteville. Sitting on the edge of our newest national park, New River Gorge, with a footprint not much bigger than its sm...
Population:1,004 Old Fort, surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest and located at the base of the Black Mountains, emptied out when manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas beginning in the eighties. Now some of those buildings are humming with life again. In 2019, Kitsbow Cycling Apparel renovated a former hosiery factory and moved its operations...
Population:24,565 Located in the middle of the Flathead Valley, about 30 miles southwest of Glacier National Park, Kalispell has been the region’s agricultural and industrial hub for decades, but several new projects are shifting to tourism and sustainability. The city recently broke ground on the Kalispell Parkline, replacing old railroad tracks t...
Population:5,000 This out-of-the-way place, located at the eastern end of Highway 50 an hour northwest of Great Basin National Park, has a thriving mountain-bike scene that’s only getting better. To add to the 50 miles of existing singletrack that starts at the edge of downtown, the local trail club and tourism bureau are building 51 more miles: a ...
Population:1,047 A lot of locals left Rangeley, 120 miles north of Portland, six years ago, when the Saddleback Mountain ski resort closed. Those who stuck around focused on diversifying the area’s outdoor draws and capitalizing on its location along the shores of 6,000-acre Rangeley Lake. Locals opened a brewery and bike shop, and in December 2020...
Population:28,878 Desert Hot Springs has always been about relaxation, thanks to numerous mineral-water pools that dot the parched landscape. Recently, it has leaned into another natural form of leisure: marijuana. The historic spa town, 100 miles east of Los Angeles, was the first in California to legalize cultivation. The decision saved it fro...
- Tempe, Arizona.
- Kirkland, Washington.
- Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Rogers Park (Chicago), Illinois.
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