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Title: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: nec13 on May 23, 2012, 07:19:43 PM
Check out who ranks number 8 on this list.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/The-20-Best-Small-Towns-in-America.html?c=y&page=9&navigation=previous#IMAGES (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/The-20-Best-Small-Towns-in-America.html?c=y&page=9&navigation=previous#IMAGES)

Unfortunately, neither Newbridge nor Huntsville were anywhere to be found.
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: daveB from Oakland on May 24, 2012, 01:00:49 AM
I wonder if number 8 can stake a claim to "highest number of food trucks per capita"
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on May 25, 2012, 11:19:00 AM
Marfa sounds cool. A secret about small towns is, with a small enough town, it's possible to move in and more or less mold it into the town you want if you're into that kind of thing. A friend moved into a small town in IL and put a lot of his own time and money into reviving some of the shops and buildings in town, and having festivals in the town including re-enactments of temperance advocates with axes smashing up whiskey barrels, all kinds of fun stuff. Everybody wins.
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on May 25, 2012, 02:13:47 PM
Not to mention #3, though they don't mention Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash.
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: BadGuyZero on May 25, 2012, 05:38:14 PM
Quote from: Steve of Bloomington on May 25, 2012, 11:19:00 AM
Marfa sounds cool. A secret about small towns is, with a small enough town, it's possible to move in and more or less mold it into the town you want if you're into that kind of thing. A friend moved into a small town in IL and put a lot of his own time and money into reviving some of the shops and buildings in town, and having festivals in the town including re-enactments of temperance advocates with axes smashing up whiskey barrels, all kinds of fun stuff. Everybody wins.

...except the whiskey barrels.  :'(
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: casualobserver on May 25, 2012, 09:25:31 PM
I fully expected New Port Richey
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: casualobserver on May 25, 2012, 09:29:09 PM
Quote from: casualobserver on May 25, 2012, 09:25:31 PM
I fully expected New Port Richey

Aha, they barely exceed the upper population limit for inclusion. Bad luck this go 'round, pride of Pasco County!
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: yesno on May 27, 2012, 07:56:53 AM
The population of a town doesn't really tell you how "small" it feels.  Red Bank is right in the NY Metro area so it isn't exactly isolated.  Meanwhile a town like Fort Collins Colorado, though larger in population, feels a lot smaller since it's relatively far from other population centers.
Title: Re: The 20 Best Small Towns In America
Post by: BrendanW on May 29, 2012, 07:30:03 PM
Surprised they picked Mill Valley over Fairfax. Miss being a kid in West Marin. Good place.