Damascus nominated as "Coolest Small Town." Please vote.

[Local]

The magazine Frommer's Budget Travel has listed the ten finalists for the coolest small town in the United States, and Damascus is on the final list. Please vote for us. You can go to this link:

http://m.budgettravel.com//contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/

and vote there. You can vote once a day, so please feel free to go back often.

Thanks.

[ChinMusic]

Nominated for "Best Beards" too..........

[CrumbSnatcher]

been thinking of damascus alot the last 2 months, be a great place/area to live, wish i could move my family to virginia
good people/ good times!

[Chaco Taco]

The magazine Frommer's Budget Travel has listed the ten finalists for the coolest small town in the United States, and Damascus is on the final list. Please vote for us. You can go to this link:

http://m.budgettravel.com//contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/

and vote there. You can vote once a day, so please feel free to go back often.

Thanks.

Beaufort is so much better

[Tennessee Viking]

Beaufort is so much betterI am new North Carolinian...and I still go for Damascus. lol It has natural A/C.

[Chaco Taco]

I am new North Carolinian...and I still go for Damascus. lol It has natural A/C.

So much more to do in and around Beaufort, just saying

[Tinker]

been thinking of damascus alot the last 2 months, be a great place/area to live, wish i could move my family to virginia
good people/ good times!

Maybe you could work out a timeshare arrangement with Lone Wolf. :)

[Sly]

Tough choice. The four towns out west are in great areas. Lots of towns not on the list. Oh well, voting for Damascus.

[BlackCloud]

Damascus doesn't hold a candle to Cooke City, MT. I voted.

[YohonPetro]

Hammondsport is not a bad town either, my bro lives near there. The Finger Lakes Trail goes right by there, if the charm of a small town is a Trail near-by! I voted for Damascus, though, as Trail Days the past 2 years has been a blast!

[Captain Blue]

Damascus doesn't hold a candle to Cooke City, MT.

Damascus is way ahead of Cooke City at the moment.

[Lone Wolf]

we have the most meth labs

[Lone Wolf]

no mention of the Creeper Trail which really put the town on the map. 100 times more folks come for the Creeper Trail than they do for the AT

[4eyedbuzzard]

we have the most meth labsStop bragging

[max patch]

no mention of the Creeper Trail which really put the town on the map. 100 times more folks come for the Creeper Trail than they do for the AT

Anybody who has ever rented a bike from one of several rental shops and biked the creeper into town -- and seen how many people are shuttled to the starting point every hour on the hour -- knows that this is true.

[generoll]

we have the most meth labs

nothing like civic pride

[Papa D]

So this past summer, I hiked from the Roans to about Troutdale, VA anyway, I hiked from Iron Mtn Shelter to Damascus in 1 day - not the biggest hike ever, but I did the 26 miles with a few teenagers that were proud of such a long distance day and they were hungry -- anyway, I went into Quincey's Pizza just about closing time (I was about 40 minutes ahead of my crew being 44 years old and quite a bit faster than 17 year olds;)) -- anyway, they were getting ready to close the kitchen. I told them of the hikers on the way and they said, "no problem" we'll feed them when they arrive. Probably about 9:30 pm, we ate about 4 pizzas there (I also drank about 3 beers and shot some pool). What a fantastic business - totally indicative of Damascus friendliness --- fyi, we stayed at the Hiker's Inn that night with Lee and Paul -- absolutely great people -- what a treat. Can't say enough good about Damascus.

[Mountain Mike]

Does Dot still run Dot's? Been 20+ years since I was there.

[Serial 07]

dot still runs dot's...

[Speer Carrier]

I voted for Damascus. I've spent time in both Port Townsend and Beaufort, and in all honesty I like Beaufort best of the three. I love the low country, but let's face it, this is a hiker website not a seafood website.

[Local]

The Californians and the New Yorkers are getting organized and voting heavily for their towns. As many of you know, Damascus is a remote community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and would appreciate your support. Please vote as often as you can (every 24 hours is allowed) until January 31st. Thanks. http://m.budgettravel.com//contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/

[Lone Wolf]

what's the prize?

[atmilkman]

Damascus has been getting my vote. All the towns sound really cool. Cooke city is the only other one I have been to, and feel in love with as I'm sure you would with all the rest, but from a hikers point of view, how can a town on the Appalachian Trail not be the coolest? As a family (a community of hikers) it is "our" town.

[max patch]

Screw Damascus. Some a-hole local stole my tent. Cop said it happens all the time.

[Lone Wolf]

Screw Damascus. Some a-hole local stole my tent. Cop said it happens all the time.hahaha.........

[Tinker]

Dot's has great cheeseburgers (which I can't eat anymore :( - gout). I was there at Trail Days in 2009. The staff at the breakfast (forgot the name of the place) was friendly despite all the rowdy hikers (and party crashers - there were plenty of them there, just to get in on the general mayhem, I guess).

It's probably friendlier when there aren't as many people, but generally, the local business people seemed to enjoy either the hikers or their own day in the sun, so to speak.

.......then there was Lone Wolf :rolleyes:

Nah, he's ok, I guess. I just said hi to him and ordered my cheeseburger. Some guy tried to pick me up (or he might have been goofing around). Dot's was pretty interesting that day. :D

[ChinMusic]

Dropped into 2nd

[Lone Wolf]

The Californians and the New Yorkers are getting organized and voting heavily for their towns. As many of you know, Damascus is a remote community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and would appreciate your support. Please vote as often as you can (every 24 hours is allowed) until January 31st. Thanks. http://m.budgettravel.com//contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/are you trying to get more tourists here? all we have for them is the creeper trail. guess we'll need more bike outfitters in addition to the 7 we already have. and more affordale lodging. 200 bucks a nite at the Old Mill, which is closed, don't cut it

[ChinMusic]

Dropped to third now.....getting rolled.

[CrumbSnatcher]

i didn't vote, didn't want to give away the bat caves location. love me some DAMASCUS :-)

[CrumbSnatcher]

i suppose voting could bring more buisness to town?

[Canada Goose]

The Californians and the New Yorkers are getting organized and voting heavily for their towns. As many of you know, Damascus is a remote community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and would appreciate your support. Please vote as often as you can (every 24 hours is allowed) until January 31st. Thanks. http://m.budgettravel.com//contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/

I have just placed my vote, out of a sense of duty to help the town that means a lot to all of us....


what's the prize?

Looks like the winner gets bragging rights, and a great advertising slogan.


Dropped to third now.....getting rolled.

Another reason I feel obligated to vote.


i didn't vote, didn't want to give away the bat caves location. love me some DAMASCUS :-)

I am somewhat worried by this also. Once a place gets recognized as " The Coolest Small Town in America", will it become the opposite of what made it "cool" in the first place?

[ChinMusic]

I am somewhat worried by this also. Once a place gets recognized as " The Coolest Small Town in America", will it become the opposite of what made it "cool" in the first place?

Smells like a South Park episode..............

[BlackCloud]

I voted for Damascus. I've spent time in both Port Townsend and Beaufort, and in all honesty I like Beaufort best of the three. I love the low country, but let's face it, this is a hiker website not a seafood website.

The poll was not on a hiker website. And even if it were, Cooke City would CRUSH Damascus. Cooke City is squashed between the the Beartooth and Absoraka Wilderness areas. The place is C-R-A-Z-Y wild.

[trippclark]

Dropped to third now.....getting rolled.

I just voted (again). Damascus is now in fourth place, but there is still a lot of time left!

[Local]

Tripp and others, thanks for voting. We are trying to stay in the game, but unlike some of these other "small" towns, which have a population of nearly 10,000, there are just a few of us here and the only tourism program we have is Lone Wolf standing on Laurel Avenue and yelling "Go away!" when an out-of-state car comes by.

[Plodderman]

Great palce. Loved my stay and hike.

[john gault]

We are trying to stay in the game, but unlike some of these other "small" towns, which have a population of nearly 10,000, there are just a few of us here and the only tourism program we have is Lone Wolf standing on Laurel Avenue and yelling "Go away!" when an out-of-state car comes by.Now that's funny:D

[kayak karl]

this whole thing is a joke. it has Cape May in the running. there are a lot nicer towns in this area. New Hope and Lambertville being just 2.

[Mizirlou]

I am somewhat worried by this also. Once a place gets recognized as " The Coolest Small Town in America", will it become the opposite of what made it "cool" in the first place?

http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-srv/coolestsmalltowns/CST2011.html
Lewisburg, W.V.

[Lone Wolf]

http://www.wcyb.com/video/30262293/index.html

[HiKen2011]

Damn Serial, you look fit.

[Tinker]

10,000 residents or less *correction - "fewer", but I guess English is changing :D

Anything readily broken up into individual units used to be many or few. Sand, water, air, etc. is more and less, because there is no such thing as "an air", or "a sand", though you can count grains of sand and have many or few grains. No wonder everyone's trying to simplify English. :)

Now, "Me and him", as a subject, drives me nuts, because "Me and him are going to town." actually says, "Me is going to town" and "Him is going to town". Besides, just out of courtesy, the other person should be first, so "Him and me", though incorrect, at least is more pleasent.

But only strange people waste their days thinking about such things. :rolleyes::-?

[Mizirlou]

http://www.wcyb.com/video/30262293/index.html

Nice little piece. Way nice guitar. (Never been there before but will pass thru this year.) Are the roadways as untraffic-ed as it looks?

[Lone Wolf]

Nice little piece. Way nice guitar. (Never been there before but will pass thru this year.) Are the roadways as untraffic-ed as it looks?november thru march, yes

[bamboo bob]

I voted for Damascus! I am actually going to Nashville Indiana next month. I have no idea why.