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The Best Places To Live In America If You're Looking For A Minimalist Lifestyle, Mapped

The Best Places To Live In America If You're Looking For A Minimalist Lifestyle, Mapped
From not having to drive everywhere yourself to staying in a home that's the ideal size — not too big or small — here's a list of big cities in the US where residents can achieve different levels of minimalist living.
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StorageCafe sought out to find cities in America that were well suited for a minimalist lifestyle. With the premise being doing more with less, their analysis factored in things that would be considered on the opposite end of, say, a luxurious lifestyle. They ranked cities based on their public transit options, as opposed to private vehicle ownership, and looked at other eco-friendly things each city had to offer.

Based off of their estimates, which also included looking at cities with smaller homes and how much utility bills cost, their analysis found a list of the 20 cities in America that were best suited for this lifestyle.



Key Takeaways

  • Utah's Salt Lake City was judged to be the premier destination for minimalists, mainly due to people having a relatively short commute time of 18 minutes.

  • New York City residents had the highest share of public transit commuters with 37 percent of its residents opting to use the subway, bus or ferry on a daily basis.

  • Nearly half of the residents in Arlington (VA), Fremont (CA), Washington (DC) Seattle (WA) and San Francisco (CA) work from home.

  • Boston was the only place where more than 10 percent of city residents walked to work.



Via StorageCafe.

Comments

  1. Lincoln Lourens 1 year ago

    Life in a walkable city with public transport is "minimalist".

    I live in des moines our nearby at least, you cannot survive without a vehicle, there is NOTHING minimalist about a life that requires a vehicle.

    Do better with words, guys.

  2. Shakib Jakir 1 year ago

    How about self sufficient like growing food? Ain’t it part of minimalist approach?

  3. Ama O 1 year ago

    Much more than just a decor trend; minimalism can be a solution to issues such as affordability, overconsumption and clutter.

  4. Joi Cardinal 1 year ago

    minimalist. we walk miles for fun to birdwatch and out on necessity. a car would be ridiculous and we dont want tv or need to eat in restaurants.

    1. Lincoln Lourens 1 year ago

      This list is so damn ignorant....


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