What are some quiet, peaceful places to live in the US?

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Joshua

I'm a southern guy born and raised in Louisiana. Don't get me wrong, I love the south. I'm just tired of the noise of these bigger cities. Personality wise I'm an ISTJ and borderline between type A and B (if I wasn't to darn competitive I'd be a type B). I LOVE running especially trails, as well as swimming and biking (triathlete). I've always been a religious conservative but not the activist type. As far as weather goes I don't really care I've seen +2 feet of snow (lived in Oklahoma for 3 years) and many a day over 100deg. I'm always looking for some new adventure or excitement. I'm a real sucker for the great outdoors (camping, backpacking, fishing, ect...). What are some places I would enjoy? I'll be working in healthcare if that's of any use.

Answer
How about Fort Morgan, Colorado? Fort Morgan has lots of great old houses on old fashioned streets with lawns, big old trees in the front yards. A "Leave it to Beaver" type community. And it's not that far from all the beautiful great-outdoors stuff you like. The Rocky Mountains, Denver, etc. You know, John Denver's "Rocky Mountains High"! Quaking Aspens. Fishing, hiking, wild animals, camping. Conservative communities. Fort Morgan used to be a farming community raising sugar beets, among other things. Good luck, I hope you find what you are looking for.

What other tools will I need?

Green Tea

I'm a high school freshman who plans on going into either ecology or ethology, but I want to go ahead and start learning skills that I'll need. I plan on exploring the places that I live (one is a suburban back yard, the other a camp on an island surrounded by Louisiana marsh) and I'm trying to slowly accumulate some tools that I would love to have. I'm fairly new to this, so I'm not totally sure what would be really helpful or not.
Things I have/plan on getting:
-A waterproof backpack
-Binoculars
-Compass
-Sketchbook/journal/graph paper
-Mechanical pencil, watercolors, pen
-Binoculars
-Digital camera
-Magnifying glass
-Some field guides
-Eventually a map of the island. Not essential yet since my parents don't trust me to be out of sight of the house lol

That sounds like a lot now that I'm listing it out, gosh. But it all feels pretty essential. Anyways, I just wanted to double check and see if I'm missing anything important. Any help is lovely, and thank you to anyone who answers.

Answer
Thermometer(s)
Traps of several kinds
Quadrats
Waders
Microscope (these are not as expensive as you might think), and slides
Sports watch with stopwatch function, and water resistant to 100 feet

Edit: rubber gloves

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