11 of the Best Small Towns in America

[Mosby]

https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/best-small-towns-in-america?amp=true


I'm curious about DUers opinions about these towns. I have been to one, Sedona. It's very nice but very expensive to live there. Not impressed with the food, but I live in Phoenix.

[hlthe2b]

1. Most of them are very expensive--even to visit.

I've not been to Beaufort, SC, St. Augustine, Kennebunkport, Grand Marais, MN, Mackinac Island, MI (always wanted to go)--but I have been to (or at least driven through) the rest. Scenic and expensive. I've only stayed overnight in Stowe, VT, and Telluride--to ski.

[k8conant]

2. I've only been to Stowe, St Augustine, and Mackinac Island

This is only for travel obviously. Who could afford to live in these places? All very touristy.

[Thekaspervote]

3. I've been to several and yes very touristy which is why I wouldn't want to live in any of them

[OregonBlue]

4. Terruride. Carmel, Sedona, Whitefish. All beatiful towns.

Telluride is high and very rustic. Liberal. Carmel is on a particularly lovely part of the California coast and has great weather year around though it's a little chilly and windy in the winter. It's frightfully expensive. Liberal but there is lots of money, lots of it old money and conservative money too. Sedona you already know. There are some smaller towns around Sedona that are not that expensive but they tend to be conservative. Whitefish is high, also rustic and while most of those that cater to tourists, etc. are very friendly, the area is generally Conservative Republican. Pretty pricey to buy a house but most of Montana real estate has gotten very high. Don't know if that helps.

[Mosby]

7. Thx for the info

We recently spent a weekend in Pine, its nice but really conservative and their aren't many places to eat. I did like the little brewery and we had a nice breakfast somewhere but almost no one wore a mask, including all the wait staff and cooks. We are going to check out Payson and maybe Prescott at some point.

We love Sedona but all we could possibly afford is a mobile home.

[gopiscrap]

5. been to 6 of them

[3Hotdogs]

6. The Hudson Valley has probably around 10 towns that are tourist destinations.

Rhinebeck and Woodstock are among them.