Minnesota On List Of Top 10 Affordable Towns For Outdoor Lovers

If you love hiking, being surrounded by the pine tall trees, and soaking up all that nature offers, one of your dreams might be to live right there in the woods. Unfortunately, since home prices have risen dramatically, that dream setting is not exactly affordable for the normal person who is living on a budget. Realtor.com saw that and went on a search to find places all over the United States that nature lovers would love and still be able to afford. And based on their research, it looks like a few places on the top 10 list landed in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin!

Love the Outdoors? Here's the Top 10 Most Affordable Places to Live According to Realtor.com

If you love throwing on your Patagonia shirt and grabbing your backpacking gear for a hike, you'd probably love living in Aspen or even Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, the price of housing in those outdoor paradises have increased quite a bit and nature lovers aren't able to make the move to their dream home.

Realtor.com did a survey recently though and found 10 of the top spots that outdoor lovers can actually afford. They looked at the following criteria as they found the best cities for outdoor lovers:

median listing prices in cities and counties
bike-friendliness ratings from the League of American Bicyclists
number of outdoors-related businesses per household
within a four-hour drive of a national park

Way to go Duluth! What other towns in Minnesota do you think should have made the list?

What other towns in Minnesota do you think would be the perfect spot for outdoor enthusiasts to live? I know the criteria Realtor.com used was to be near a national park, but in Minnesota, we don't have many of those. Take that criteria off the table and let me know over on my Facebook page - Jessica On The Radio - what other towns would be perfect on this list?

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