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When in the course of human events it becomes self-evident that for whatever reason and for better or for worse you are suddenly right this instant damn good and ready to uproot your sorry life and its assorted entanglements and off-load the whole shedoo to an entirely new area code, new microclimate, new color scheme, new just
about everything...well, that's when things can get tricky. Because there's always a danger that as a giddy and unsuspecting relocator riding a swell of U-Haul-abetted existential liberation, you might end up running aground on the unforgiving shoals of Newton's First Law of a Mobile Society: One person's dream of an adopted hometown is another's big,
sloppy, expensive mistake. Consider yourself warned.
But you can spare yourself some heartache with a little smart shopping--starting, not incidentally, with the niche-targeted descriptions of ten outdoorsy haunts to be found on the following pages. Would you rather duck out quietly to a place like Homer, Alaska, or get in early on the boomlet that the smart money says is coming soon to Franconia, New
Hampshire? Are you scheming to go global with your ad agency as soon as possible (in Portland, Oregon you'll blend right in) or to go barefoot as often as possible (aloha, Hana)? Which appeals more, cultural ambience or cultish devotion to sport?
For each town featured, we've provided the skinny on the neighborhoods, the closest outback, the job market, the spots where locals accumulate, and yes, its drawbacks. So if inspiration strikes and you happen to get nudged down a road you've never before considered, at least you'll have an inkling of what lies at the end.
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