Cities with multifamily properties that are also good to live in?

[Shayna McHugh]

I'm about to move back to the U.S. from abroad, and I have an online business so I can settle anywhere in the country. It's a good problem to have, but... it makes choosing a location difficult!

I'd like to get started by buying a multifamily property and living in one unit while renting out the other(s). Does anyone have suggestions on U.S. cities that tend to have a number of duplex/triplex/4-plexes, and are also nice places to live?

By "nice place to live" I mean: 

• a city that's sizable enough to have cultural/sports/arts activities
• parks and proximity to nature would be a plus
• climate-wise, I grew up in CT so I'm used to four seasons, but would rather not go anywhere north of that

Thanks in advance!