basically your only option is Austin

I live in New Orleans. You should look into the bywater/marigny neighborhoods.

Hilton Head Charleston or Savanah

OP: Looking at these responses, I like a lot of them but thinking since I have gotten used to warmer weather, maybe focusing in the south more?

Portland ME, Asheville NC, Northampton MA

My concern with the forgiving climates is that they will be decimated with climate change. CA fires. South East hurricanes and west just unlivable heat.

NP. Any recommendations in a more forgiving climate? I don’t think I could withstand the winters in VT or NH, especially when I am older. I say this coming from the North and knowing how many of my older relatives feel in the long, dark, cold winter months.

Portland, Maine

Kansas city

Burlington VT or Hanover NH. Oregon is going sideways right now I wouldn’t move there.

Me too! NY counterpart - was thinking somewhere in Oregon ? I’m Jewish though so need some of my tribe nearby...

OP: Currently live in a small but pricey home in Los Angeles and thinking of relocating once kids are grown. Looking for low real estate prices (compared to LA, NY, etc), with kind of a vegan/progressive vibe, and a reasonable number of transplants from coastal cities.