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Boone, NC vs Leavenworth, WA

#4 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#4 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#5 Best Green Cities

#6 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

#14 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#16 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

Not sure where they got the rents from. Maybe not updated as there is nowhere to rent in Boone. Unless a student and they are paying $1000+ for 1 bedroom/bath shared  More

Boone and the High Country's climate is unique to North Carolina and the Southeast. It's cool summers and snowy winters are much more comparable to places much farther  More

The area is beautiful - living in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous. But .. the views don't pay the bills. Housing is overpriced. You are better off living  More

Had heard a lot abot this town and recently spent a 4-night vacation (stayed at the local KOA) here - what a place! Many wonderful shops and restaurants, beatiful  More

Just returned from a multi-city "prospective real estate" investment tour of cities in OR and WA. Leavenworth was one of the cities I visited. Loved it! Small town feel  More