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Arts vibrancy by county: https://sites.smu.edu/Meadows/ArtsVibrancyMap/

Republican vs Democratic by county: https://bestneighborhood.org/conservative-vs-liberal-map-eureka-mo/

State income taxes by city: https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes

Winter/Summer temperatures: https://gisgeography.com/us-temperature-map/

Census (ethnicity/race) map: https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2566121a73de463995ed2b2fd7ff6eb7

Google Maps

Go to the location you’re interested in. Try several. Search for something that’s important to you, for example “art galleries” or “african” or “russian”, and see if there’s a lot of that in the area.

Realtor has the best search options (better than Zillow). Hide pending/contingent:

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Asheville_NC/beds-2/baths-1/type-single-family-home,multi-family-home/price-na-350000/sqft-1250/age-75/pnd-hide?view=map&pos=34.284649,-77.982234,34.075893,-77.725429,12&qdm=true

Also see

Living abroad