Wake Forest, N.C.
Courtesy of NC Division of Parks and Recreation /Greg Orcutt
One popular activity in this small town of 17,000 is visiting Falls Lake State Recreation Area, which includes a 12,000-acre lake and 26,000 acres of woodlands. Home prices have plummeted 88 percent since 2009 in this suburb of Raleigh.
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