{"id":785,"date":"2009-05-28T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/05\/28\/coolest-small-towns\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T19:33:00","slug":"coolest-small-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/05\/28\/coolest-small-towns\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolest small towns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/lifestyles\/travel\/northamerica\/1593314,CST-FTR-small0527.article\">this article<\/a> about a Budget Traveler list of the ten coolest small towns in America.  First of all, the Sun-Times&#8217; article has an entirely different list than <a href=\"http:\/\/budgettravel.com\/bt-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/02\/AR2008080201203.html\">Budget Traveler itself<\/a>.  Second, it&#8217;s worth noting that the BT list includes two communities in New York (both downstate) and one in Vermont; the S-T article puts darkhorse Owego (near Binghamton along the Susquehanna) in the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger question is, of course, what makes a small town cool?  Architecture?  Its natural surroundings?  Arts? Dining options?  <a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3021\/2957122688_70a6d3aa5b.jpg?v=0\">A Lifesaver sculpture in its town park?<\/a>  here&#8217;s how Budget Traveler puts it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>First, your town must have a population under 10,000\u2014we&#8217;re talking small towns, not big cities. It&#8217;s also got to be on the upswing, a place that&#8217;s beginning to draw attention\u2014and new residents\u2014because of the quality of life, arts and restaurant scene, or proximity to nature. And cool doesn&#8217;t mean quaint. We want towns with an edge, so think avant-garde galleries, not country stores.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So quibble away.  By those standards, what&#8217;s the North Country&#8217;s coolest town?  Or do you throw out those standards and pick others?  What&#8217;s your top 10 list for coolest towns in the North Country?<\/p>\n<p>Tops on my list right now?  Brasher Falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this article about a Budget Traveler list of the ten coolest small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}