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The Hudson Valley opens in its small city, Hudson: the first report covers the whaling port that kept its grid, its mile of Warren Street, its theater in the old city hall, and what a two hour train from New York costs while the median is falling.

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Hudson sets the first comparison point. Its median sale price of $525,000 (Homes.com, last 12 months, October 2026), down 22 percent year over year, buys a Walk Score of 89 at 500 Warren Street, an average one bedroom rent of $1,700 (Zumper, October 2026), and Amtrak to New York Penn Station in 2 hours 9 minutes. Around it, the valley brackets the range: Catskill sits across the river to the west, Kingston runs larger and cheaper to the south, and Beacon runs pricier to the south.

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Warren Street in Hudson, New York, looking west from South Fourth Street

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Hudson, Hudson Valley, New York

Hudson's second act is the surprise: a whaling port that lost its harbor, kept its grid, and turned a mile of Warren Street antiques, galleries and hotels into a small city you can live in on foot, two hours by train from New York.

Median $525,000Walk Score 89Amtrak to New York 2 hours 9 minutes

Mid price band. Small-city surprise.

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Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Around Hudson sit its natural comparisons: Catskill across the river to the west, Kingston to the south, and Beacon further south.