"stuck"?
Southern Dutchess county sounds nice!
(I can think of much worse places to be!
I went to college at New Paltz..just across the river from Poughkeepsie..
I LOVE the Hudson Valley and the Catskills!
Its a beautiful area..far enough from NYC that its not endless boring suburbia,
(like Long Island).. it still has some natural charm left..
but also not totally rural either..IMO the area is an ideal mix of "close to the big city" but also close to Nature (the Catskills)
I actually wanted to try to live around New Paltz after I graduated, but back then (early 90's) there were just no jobs in that area for me..so I came up to Rochester to work at Kodak..
But the mid-Hudson Valley will always be one of my most favorite places..
probably second only the Finger Lakes..
just curious..what dont you like about it?
(I take it you are not a Dutchess County native?)
Scot
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well ok..now that I look at a map of Dutchess county..its coming back to me!
I admit that Poughkeepsie and Beacon are a bit on the dumpy side..
but those are just small cities, easily avoided..but the overall region is still really nice IMO..
Actually, the West side of the Hudson I think has a different feel than the East side in that area..
East side is much more developed..West side is nicer IMO..
so when I think of my idealized Hudson Valley, im thinking New Paltz, Catskills, West Point, Storm King..
not so much Poughkeepsie, Beacon and Westchester suburbia..
but I still say its a very nice region overall..
Scot