Arizona city one of best US places to move before it gets too popular
If you're looking for a change of scenery, you needn't look long: An Arizona city has been named one of the best places to move to before it gets popular.
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PHOENIX — If you’re moving and looking for a change of scenery, you needn’t look too long: An Arizona city has been named one of the best places to relocate to before it gets popular.
Bisbee was one of 15 cities to appear on the list compiled by Thrillist. The lifestyle website said it asked dozens of writers to choose from any American city with a population under 70,000 in which to put down roots.
Going by the description alone, it’s a wonder Bisbee’s 5,000 or so residents have not seen a flood of U-Hauls pouring into the southern Arizona town:
The average house will cost just $130K; your neighbors will be a mix of rough-and-tumble miners, writers, painters, old-school hippies, new-wave hippies, and recovering yuppies — including artists and University of Arizona academics who have decamped from the “big city” two hours away.
The website also pointed out that Bisbee’s mile-high altitude ensures cooler summer temperatures and a city bustling with art galleries and shops.
The city is home to plenty of history. The oldest hybrid football-baseball field in the nation is Warren Ballpark, which is just southeast of the downtown area.
Bisbee was also named the best historic town in the nation last year, along with the best hippie town in Arizona.
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While Teds comments resonate for me as a potential deterrent, I have to say that your fluff C section stories do not do Bisbee any justice. While your article seems to promote Bisbee as a destination what is really happening is a gentrification and commercialization that is bad for our community. Rich yuppies come and buy a vacation home but they aren't here voting for school bonds and road projects, and if they are they are voting against these things because they do not, in general, have a commitment to the community. Retired people move here but they don't want to raise taxes so other people that they don't know can educate their kids. These people come down to have fun and drink some local brews not help with community gardens, children's reading hour at the library, or any other activity that helps sustain community. The net effect for those of us who are true Bisbee residents is a loss of connection and a feeling of being pushed out. It is the same story that unfolded in Taos, Aspen, and Sedona.
So as you can see your superficial fluff piece did not reflect the conflicts that are central to the gentrification of the old town area, monetizing of the neighborhoods, and turning a nice town into a tourist trap.
Best thigh burning walking tours in the state. Spouse likes the evening ghost tour.
Lord, there goes the neighborhood.