re: Underrated places to live?

Lived last 5 years in Pittsburgh.


Fun town.

People who down voted Florence have never been to the Shoals.

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Looking for somewhere that's similiar to the criteria on that list.

Not too big, but not too small. I'm an avid runner/outdoors guy so that's preferred. And a big fan of an awesome local food scene. Would be nice to be somewhere that sports are tied into the culture as well.

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Have you ever looked at Miami Beach? Miami is the mainland its nice, but way too populated. Miami Beach is like 10 sq miles or something, its gorgeous and has an incredible boardwalk to go run around the beach all the way from 1st to 41st, the island goes to just past 96th st fwiw.I bought a vacation home there 5 years ago, and spend more time there than my main home now. Obviously yes many oceanfront condos are in the millions but still plenty in the $300-600k range oceanfront but older buildings sans amenities but you can easily live on miami beach a little inland, fwiw its like 7-8 streets deep, so inland is still a few minutes from the beach, for $200k easily. Rents are especially low bc there is too much inventory and not enough jobs. $1M condos easily rent for $4000/mo and when you factor in taxes/maintenance thats a steal. $2000 goes very far for rent there and the weather from september-may is the best youll ever see, the summers are really hot and rainy, but thats low season. The water is beyond gorgeous and the food scene is just ridiculous and best of all coming from houston, you can grab late dinners and everything open 12 or 1 in the morning and clubs dont close till 5

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Have you ever looked at Miami Beach? Miami is the mainland its nice, but way too populated. Miami Beach is like 10 sq miles or something, its gorgeous and has an incredible boardwalk to go run around the beach all the way from 1st to 41st, the island goes to just past 96th st fwiw.I bought a vacation home there 5 years ago, and spend more time there than my main home now. Obviously yes many oceanfront condos are in the millions but still plenty in the $300-600k range oceanfront but older buildings sans amenities but you can easily live on miami beach a little inland, fwiw its like 7-8 streets deep, so inland is still a few minutes from the beach, for $200k easily. Rents are especially low bc there is too much inventory and not enough jobs. $1M condos easily rent for $4000/mo and when you factor in taxes/maintenance thats a steal. $2000 goes very far for rent there and the weather from september-may is the best youll ever see, the summers are really hot and rainy, but thats low season. The water is beyond gorgeous and the food scene is just ridiculous and best of all coming from houston, you can grab late dinners and everything open 12 or 1 in the morning and clubs dont close till 5

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Just finished up a month of work down in Miami. Stayed in Coconut Grove. It was nice. Really did enjoy Miami Beach. Only thing I don't like about Miami in general was the people. Tend to see a lot of fake people.

The western side of Virginia, north of Roanoke. Amazing. Love the Shenandoah Valley. The rivers, the hunting, the towns.

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Des Moines

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Definitely worth a look but may be too small...

Really nice town that's safe,cheap,tons of jobs, and weekend trips to Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City are super easy.

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North DFW

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I've heard Denton is a pretty cool town with a lot of music.

I would say Austin shouldn't be on the list. It's the 10th or 11th largest city in the country. It's great and all, but expensive. Austin is "on the radar" for people all across the country. That alone, should take it out from the "underrated" consideration.

I'd throw San Angelo, TX and San Marcos into consideration for underrated towns.

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With that being said what are some of the most underrated places in America for someone in their mid-late 20s to live?

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When you get in your mid-late thirties, consider Sitka, Ak. Amazing place.

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I've heard Denton is a pretty cool town with a lot of music.

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Denton is undeniably cool and weird because UNT randomly has a world-class music school.

Probably akin to a smaller Austin WAY before Austin turned into hell.