I realize that we are all supposed to want to be living in a shack in the woods, but humor me… 
I’m looking for an urban area in a state with good gun laws. By “urban” I’m referring more to density than high-rise areas. Someplace with a little history, older brownstone-style living or houses on narrow lots with backyards, etc. Proximity to a healthy shooting sports range/community would be good too.
pretty sure that can be found here in KY in a few places…and our gun laws ain’t too shabby
Ft. Worth… Or my town, Tyler, TX
Pistol here is pretty healthy, but it would be on you to start some carbinero stuff… If you build it, we will come.
Oregon has pretty much all that but we’re full.
All of Ohio’s high density area are going to pot, but the gun laws ain’t bad. I live in Greenville, sc right now. Not as good as Ohio as far as gun laws, but not bad. Greenville is a slammin’ city… as far as cities go. Very good economy.
Definite plus 1 on Ft worth Texas “My home town y’all”.
And Tyler as well. Tyler has the less of the density but farther from Liberal Dallas.
Some of the Burbs west or south-west of Ft Worth as well even north west…just not east. You’re in easy commute of any locales of Arlington, Dallas, etc.
Colorado has best of both worlds.
Canon City has history, its fairly large with a 1,000 yd range a mile from where I live.
Theres about 4 or 5 other ranges within ten minutes from eachother.
You can live in the city or out in the boondocks
Phoenix has some decent downtown areas undergoing ‘gentrification’, and there are a ton of places to go out in the desert to shoot (as well as some good organized ranges like Usury Pass/Rio Salado, Ben Avery and Phoenix Rod & Gun Club). As for gun laws, well, they don’t come better than here (with the noted exception that it’s currently illegal to hunt with a suppressor, but we’re working on that…)
To be a bit more specific, I’m looking for areas that are pedestrian centric, or at least pedestrian friendly, with restaurants and bars and the like that you’d actually want to go to. Something like the denser areas of Queens (but not quite as run down or in NY), certain areas of Chicago, etc.
Canon City and Old colorado city Colo. Springs is like that.
Canon has a downtown lined with restaraunts and different venues.
Anything from food to music, candy stores and archery shops.
Everything is walking distance.
In the summer the whole town participates in parades and different block parties, whitewater fest and crafts stuff.
Its definately not as DENSE as New York or Chicago, not as heavily populated.
Most of the jobs are DOC and Fed, for the prisons. 14 to be exact.
It used to be a quiet little retirement town until more and more prisons were built haha
Do you want to live in the same area? I.E. you want to walk from your house to the bars? The Ft Worth Stockyards has it all but you won’t be able to live near there.
Research Greenville, SC. Heck, stop by sometime… I’ll show ya around. Lakes, mountains, city, country, etc. The urban area is very upscale and extremely thriving. Downtown is like a mini NYC… crowded sidewalks, good food, music, etc.
Pittsburgh might fit the bill but we have that white stuff and hills.
yes, exactly, live there and have options besides getting in the car and driving to TGIFridays.
yeah, the temperature and snow thing is definitely a concern.
Downtown area of Salt Lake City would probably fit the bill, but once you leave the downtown area you are suburban sprawl and then small towns and mountain/open areas etc.
But there are a lot of expensive condos and stuff plus the houses of the avenues in Salt Lake City itself and a whole “urban” downtown with restaurants, etc plus shopping all mixed in.
Not on par with NYC or Chicago.
I want to move to Montana and 200 acres or more so it is not something I personally am that familiar with but we go down town once in a while to eat, shop, etc. Gateway outdoor “mall” is a popular pedestrian area plus the whole downtown is pedestrian accessible.
Good gun laws in Utah as well.
ETA: except the snow thing though this winter has been nice in the valley. Not much snow and lots of 40+ days and sun.
ETA^2: lots of construction going on here since that is your trade I believe?
Might as well give him a terrible towel to wrap up in, too. 
I’ve just gotten used to being able to spend the whole year outside shooting and doing other stuff. I don’t think I’d adapt well to the frozen north and being homebound all the time. The times I have gone north in the winder I’ve been miserable.
Ideally would be a town in FL with a decent urban area but I don’t think that’s happening. I started looking around Atlanta but the only IDPA and USPSA I could find in the area was an hour + away.
Here is your problem.
Such places attract people who want to live the “city life” and that includes the hip hop, cutting edge “I want all the services I can get for free yo” urbanite and that of course means all the “big city” problems such people bring along with them like so much luggage.
As they will exist in greater numbers than there are means of controlling them, the city will instead try and control things like guns and all the other typical “big city” solutions to crime. City dwellers really don’t appreciate the independent individual and generally work towards a collective that everyone supports (or at least those with declared incomes).
And even decent gun laws are no guarantee of a crime free Utopia. Once upon a time Miami really was once of the coolest cities in the south, now I wouldn’t live there if it was free. And even Texas has some horribly bad high crime areas. The only real difference between them and NY, Chicago, DC, etc. is that in FL and TX you can at least shoot back.