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Veggie friendly small towns

Posted by katza at 12/25/2008

Iam interested in finding if there are any small towns or even small cities in the usa that are vegetarian friendly.I find it so hard to travel let alone live in places that do not have access to healthy food choices.Not interested in commume living.Any feedback is appreciated.Thankx

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lentil - 01/07/2009 16:51:18

Hi, I am only familiar with parts of the southeast. Thus I suggest Asheville NC as an excellent place to stop & eat. Asheville is a vegetarian & vegan paradise!!! It's a pretty town too. Small population around 80,000.
I also find Chattanooga TN to be quite moderately veg friendly. Chattanooga is more of a small city(population 150,000) There are some great vegetarian friendly restaurants. However there is only one Vegan restaurant & it is only open for lunch.

cascadian - 03/01/2009 00:57:06

katza,

I have a lot of suggestions but it would be helpful if you could tell us more about what you are looking for exactly. For example, what do you consider to be a "small" town or city. Portland is almost certainly the most veg friendly place around and isn't huge. Like lentil, I'd suggest Asheville as an excellent option and is my personal favorite city/town in the eastern usa. You might also find this list helpful: http://www.goveg.com/f-vegcities.asp

America's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Large Cities
1. Portland, Oregon
2. Seattle, Washington
3. San Francisco, California
4. New York, New York
5. Atlanta, Georgia
6. Washington, D.C.
7. Minneapolis, Minnesota
8. Austin, Texas
9. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. Chicago, Illinois

America's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Small Cities
1. Asheville, North Carolina
2. Eugene, Oregon
3. Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Norfolk, Virginia
5. Santa Monica, California
6. Santa Cruz, California
7. Boulder, Colorado
8. Madison, Wisconsin
9. Athens, Georgia
10. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Canada's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Cities
1. Vancouver, British Columbia
2. Victoria, British Columbia
3. Toronto, Ontario
4. Montréal, Québec
5. Calgary, Alberta
6. Ottawa, Ontario

Tom - 09/17/2009 12:41:29

Portland, Maine is an extremely veg-friendly smaller city. Their are at least 3 completely veg restaurants and dozens of others with tons of veg options. They also have a thriving veg festival every year, and now have a veg journalist doing a natural food column regularly in the local paper. 2 hours north of Boston.