I'd like to move to a town where I could walk everywhere I needed to go, or get there in a cart

[raccoon]

pulled by a llama.

If anyone knows of such a place, please post.

[dawg]

1. Spartanburg.

I'm pretty sure I'm right about that.

[raccoon]

2. Seems like most of the time, you hear of murder and next you hear "Spartanburg."

Thanks, but no thanks.

[dawg]

3. Honest, I almost put "until someone kills you" in my original reply.

I stopped short because I didn't want to offend the good folks in Spartanburg. Also, I"m a little scared of them. But, there you have it.

[Chan790]

4. The town I grew up in CT fits that description...

Bucolic rural New England village in the Berkshires on top of a mountain.

The only issue you're going to have is that around the time I graduated from HS the town supermarket closed and zoning regulations prohibit anybody building another one so you'd have to do the grocery shopping at CVS or Cumberland Farms (convenience store comparable in size and selection to a Wawa minus the sandwiches.) or you'd need to ride down into the neighboring village 6mi. away on the valley floor.

It's a bicycle town with a bit of horse-traffic so a llama-drawn cart isn't that weird. Lots of cars too obviously but bike is generally more useful as there are more bike-trails and fire-access roads (3/4 of the town-area is state and federal forest lands) than paved roads.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Kiinda eliminates our nice little southern towns.

Waking around in this heat will melt ya.
wondering which towns allow llamas in the city limits..hmmm.

[Downwinder]

7. Main Street is so dead here, they will allow most anything.

[Ikonoklast]

6. You Are Number 6.

Quaint little old place, everything easily accessable, agreeable citizens, just a tidy little village...just one catch.


You cannot ever leave...alive, at least.

[raccoon]

8. Where is that? I thought at first, Overlook Hotel, but it wasn't an island. nt

[coffeenap]

12. I know, I know!!

Portmeirion, Wales. You can stay there on vacation--then you can leave, as long as you pay your bill!

http://www.portmeirion-village.com/

The village was featured in the 60s TV series, The Prisoner.

[LynneSin]

9. I would suggest Peru

[raccoon]

15. Neat picture, thanks! nt

[mopinko]

10. if you can make that a goat,

chicago.

[cliffordu]

11. Port Townsend, Washington.

try it.

[trof]

13. Melrose, MA

A smallish village about 15 minutes from Boston.
You can walk to everything.
Groceries, pharmacies, hospital, doctors, dentists, hardware, restaurants.
Turner's is one of the best seafood restaurants/market I've ever been to.
http://www.turners-seafood.com/

The Sushi Bar rivals anything I ever had in Japan.

Italian food, Mexican, even a STARBUCKS!

And bakeries, candy stores (all made on premises).

Love Melrose.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. My hometown used to be like that

But the "progress at any price" people took over, and they abandoned the downtown area, and moved schools, the police station, as well as most shopping and medical facilities way the @&%$# out to "Timbuktu", a rich person's playground where both bu$h and McCain made campaign stops (to mingle with people who could afford the $1000-a-plate dinners).

[Ineeda]

16. No matter how idylic it seems,

be sure to check out the general political atmosphere. I moved from the most liberal state to a beautiful, smallish beach town in Florida because I couldn't stand winters any more. Though I've found some awesome Dem friends, we're surrounded by teapartiers, fundies, and other sundry lunatics. (Sure is pretty, though, and I never have to shovel snow!)

[HopeHoops]

17. Lancaster, PA.