Budget Travel’s Top 10 Small Towns

Budget Travel just released their list of the best little towns in the nation, and here they are:

CAYUCOS, CALIFORNIA (pop. 3,000)
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA (pop. 6,867)
BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA (pop. 8,200)
TUBAC, ARIZONA (pop. 1,900)
WALLACE, IDAHO (pop. 1,000)
SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK (pop. 5,000)
MOUNT VERNON, IOWA (pop. 4,671)
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON (pop. 2,750)
ROCKLAND, MAINE (pop. 7,680)
WHITEFISH, MONTANA (pop. 7,723)

-http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/10/19/small.town.america/index.html

I continue to be intrigued with small towns and the quality of life they provide compared to their big brother counterparts -the metropolitan areas. Having been raised in Salem, OR, I don’t consider myself a small-town guy, but I have always been attracted to the ideals attributed to small towns. But I wonder, do the attributes traditionally associated with small towns really exist, or are they just ideals dreamed up by “city-folk” and portrayed by Hollywood?

I don’t know the answer, but I hope to discover it over the course of my career. The conflict for me is deciding where to start, in a small town or in a large city. It’s a question I will continue to pose to myself and others until I’m ready to start applying for positions.

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