These places exist, but they are expensive as fuuuuuuuuck
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
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I live near Asheville and fucking hell you are not kidding. The price creep has spread out in a 60 mile radius and just keeps getting worse. I can't even afford to live in my hometown anymore.
I heard a rumor that a tree grows in Brooklyn.
I am legit having this dilemma now.
There's some spots in the big nyc parks where you're surrounded by trees and can pretend you're not in a big city. That's all I've got.
Outside the city it gets surprisingly conservative sometimes. I knew someone who had family north of Albany, and their neighbor flew a confederate flag. Probably a maga flag now.
Atlanta. Just don't go past the perimeter.
Vermont?
Republican governor still, not as solid as you'd think.
He may be a member of the Republican party but if you just look at his record as governor, you'd probably guess he's a Democrat. Pro choice, trans rights, thoroughly anti Trump, and even a lot of his tax cuts seem to prioritize relief for the working poor rather than the ~~leech~~ investor class.
Also, this is anecdotal but I've spent some time in Vermont and the conservatives there who I met were by and large reasonable, open-minded, and anti-Trump (there were a couple of exceptions but nowhere is perfect).
Yeah Vermont is hippie hillbillies
This is the way.
Has a general prejudice against city people.
Seattle, one hopes, is still green and bookish
The IS is huge so there’s not way you can’t find this location.
The I-5 corridor of the Pacific Northwest.
Idk about the Washington part but the Oregon part would be Jefferson, so not exactly progressive, until you hit the Willamette valley which I've never been to but assume it's like the central valley here in CA and full of the most annoying conservatives constantly complaining about the big cities.
Eugene is in the Wallamette Valley and is a historically progressive city (despite it's origins), especially for LGBTQ+ people and communities. It's home to the University of Oregon which has a fairly diverse student body and faculty. Lots of "everybody is welcome" signs in shop windows, "hate has no home here" signs in people's yards.
Hop across the river and you're in Springfield, which is another story. Kind of a Tale of Two Cities thing. Much less wealth along with all the problems that tend to follow.
middle of nowhere
Thats the problem, on average rurally living folks tend to be more conservative.
I think they mean really middle of nowhere, as in there's nobody around
So... maybe Wyoming, on the fringes of Yellowstone? Or northern Idaho? Those might be the most sparsely populated forest areas I know about.
I'd say Alaska but it's so remote that basic materials are very expensive.
The Michigan upper peninsula is pretty remote too but I don't think I could handle the winters.
Live next to some bears, they'll keep the conservatives away.
I was gonna ask "which kind" but it's definitely both.
Asheville and Boone NC
Those might be nice towns but at this point I'm staying away from any MAGA states, regardless of whether they have islands of sanity in them.