Where’s a good place where you can get away from it all?

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1. Westcliffe Colorado

2. Go down to Kokomo

3. Do you still want to live near a major city? Far from a major city but still have a lot of modern convenience? Do you want your property to be right at the lake? Do you want to just be out of sight of neighbors or so far away you could fire a gun and your closest neighbor wouldn’t hear it?

4. Just about any state park in the midwest, or pick out a state and pick a lake. Wisconsin has 3600 lakes over 20 acres in size, Michigan has 6500 lakes over
   10 acres in size, and Minnesota has 11,800 lakes over 10 acres. We go to a friends cabin on a 400 acre lake in Wisconsin that’s open to the public and typically you have most of the lake to yourself. Within 3 miles of this lake are at least 10 lakes this size or bigger open to the public, most with bars/restaurants on them

5. Adirondacks

6. Michigan. Mostly rural but easy access to Detroit for shopping and sports.

7. Lake George, the Adirondacks, the Poconos or the Catskills.

8. Downieville, CA

   Population of 105 and located in the beautiful mountains.

   You’ll probably need to prove yourself as someone they can trust though. They’re kind, but in a community that small outsiders are met with some wariness, if not suspicion.

9. There is a place like this in literally every state. You just have to drive a couple hours into the country from whatever city you are in.

10. If you wanna get away from it all and relax somewhere the Florida Keys are your spot, whether it’s hanging around one of the state parks or Kayaking, it’s probably the most relaxing place in the world. Central PA is beautiful and quiet too, hell if you wanted take a drive to the Pine Barrens in NJ (only like 1.5 hours from NYC).

11. Someplace where they’re always glad you came.

    Where people know our troubles are all the same.

    And where everybody knows your name.

12. Take the Metro North up to Connecticut. You could get off at the Milford station and you’ll be right in the downtown, which is also near the water. Walk to a marina and look at Long Island Sound, go to Stonebridge and get drunk.

13. A state park. Camping at one has always been my family’s go to for having fun and relaxing. A Google Maps search should pull one up somewhere close by. “Close” might be 1-3 hours but that’s probably what you want right?

14. Was living in LA, admittedly the people were kinder (at least to your face) and the weather was pretty decent, but I have been in several fights from being attacked, living in down town LA was awful. The blatant hard drug use, the smell, the randomness of being fine and dandy before a tweaker hits you in the back of the head. It sucked it was awful and it was killing me, through a string of events to personal to get into on here I have moved to southern Illinois, the people kinda suck here too but at least we have distance. It is truly beautiful country, the vast bloom of green and wildlife everywhere has really set my mind at ease. Job market sucks here but it might be a decent enough stop at least for the peacefulness and natural beauty.

    I wish you luck OP, I believe in you go out there and find some peace

15. To live or to play? I’m from Seattle and through a series of odd experiences and good luck I bought a house in Binghamton, NY. I have a garden, I’m right on the river, when the Rumble Ponies win I have a little fireworks show in my front yard. I can go fishing a few feet from my house. I bought a big house that I’m fixing up and trying to get used to NY state people. They’re nice but a little more abrupt than I’m used to. Everyone in this town has been really kind and everyone has enough room.

    My prerequisites for my ‘new town’ were that it had to have a population between 20,000 and 75,000. Too small and it gets gossipy, too big and it’s impersonal. It had to have a university because that generates art shows and progressive initiatives. It had to be accessible to a major city for any fly in or outs.

    Binghamton has been amazing when it comes to relaxing on my porch, smoking something kind, and watching my fruit trees bloom.

16. Vermont has some very pretty, mountainous areas.

17. Upstate New York exists and is (in many places) exactly what you’re looking for. Try Lake George or the Lake Champlain area. Hell, even upstate Jersey isn’t the worst.

18. Honestly if you don’t want to go far, you have a lot of great mountains and rural areas in the Catskills and Adirondacks.

19. To visit? Any place good for camping, or renting a cabin.

    To live? Any place that isnt a big city. Even my semi urban neighborhood with a mere couple feet between the homes, folks are kind while also keeping to themselves. Just a matter of finding the place with the right cost of living and job market for you.

20. From nyc, not very far. Just drive north less than an hour even and it’s already quiet. Look at the sheer amount of huge state parks there are just right there immediately outside the nyc area. Or west to the Poconos.

21. *I’m living in New York City and I’m starting to hate the rude, shitty people, hustle and constantly being on guard. I just want to sit on a lawn chair in front of a lake away from everybody else and no distractions or people with chips on their shoulder. Where do you recommend?*

    How long for? A couple of weeks or the rest of your life?

    For a week in summer, I guess upstate NY might do, but for a longer term go somewhere much warmer all year round. All of those lakes from South Dakota to Maine are no fun really – water is too cold, and it’s all buggy for the six days of summer..