We're planning on moving to a town somewhere in Mountain West/PNW within the next 2 years to open an artistic business. We have a list of potential places, but want to expand the list before we start narrowing it down. Criteria inside...
"We" in this case is four people in our 30's, no kids. Two of the four of us work together as professional artists. We like where we are a lot, but need to move elsewhere to start a new venture.
We're looking for the following things:
- >=10k population in the area
- mountains
- artistic community
- close by, good skiing
- purpleish places -- we're very (extremely?) liberal, but also like guns and redneck neighbors and living in the sticks
- relatively easy to travel to, so it's easier to have non-local clients
- depending on the size of the place, close to a bigger population center
- nearby public land
- university town is a plus, but not required
Places already on our list:
- Helena, MT
- Bozeman, MT
- Sandpoint, ID
- Couer D'Alene, ID
- Bend, OR
- Boise, ID
- Bellingham, WA
Where else aren't we thinking about? |
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