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Originally Posted by Buehler445
If humidity ranks at all for you, Lawrence and Manhattan are a no-go, Rain. Humidity is the ****ing devil out there.
Let's be real here. If you have a 4-500K house budget, you can build a house in the midwest. Especially if you don't need a giant square footage.
I'd probably look at smaller towns around the larger towns. For instance Junction instead of Manhattan, LeCompton instead of Lawrence. You could really stretch your budget that way.
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Yeah, I've traveled back to the Ozarks in the summer and don't know how I ever survived there as a youth. I'd deal with humidity if it was a great financial deal, but in my formula it's a notable penalty.
I've got a few small towns in my equation, mostly Colorado towns that I know well but also a few in other states that showed up on "best places to retire" lists. I'm interested in affordability, which is helped in the smaller towns, but I also want walkability and convenient health care, restaurants, etc., which favors the bigger communities.
Building would actually be a lot of fun, though. I've just been looking at existing homes, but now that you mention it I should consider building in some of these locations. I really like that sort of thing.