Does this place exist?...

[misanthrope]

...Looking for a locale that contains a majority of the following criteria:

Location at/close to sea level where the air is nice and oxygen-rich

Decent air quality

Low humidity

Mild summers

Strict limitations on cigarette smoking in public places

Active jazz scene

Progressive/liberal populace with cosmopolitan attitudes

Any ideas?

[DS1]

1. nevermind

might be a little off with that low humidity thing

[NV Whino]

2. California coast

The farther north, the more liberal. Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz or Pacifica is the general area.

[AlCzervik]

3. Sacramento area has a pretty jazz thing, there is a festival every year

http://www.sacjazz.com/


and we have almost no humidty but it gets wicked hot here from about april right on through early oct.

[Droopy]

4. San Francisco

All except maybe the jazz thing.

[Orsino]

5. Vancouver, BC

I'm not clear on the jazz scene, except that there is one. I can vouch for the low humidity, having gotten on a plane in Atlanta in mid-July, arriving YVR in the evening. Dined al fresco on Granville "Island," twenty feet from the water. No bugs, even. And the water smelled gooooooood.

Someday. Someday.

[TomInTib]

6. San Francisco. Or better yet, across the Bay....

Tiburon (1st choice) or Mill Valley (bigger town)

[mdmc]

7. we call it

woodstock, ny. or Beacon, ny. :kick:

[Blue-Jay]

8. Maybe Portland OR?

[XemaSab]

9. Humboldt County, CA

It's humid, but it's a COOL humid.

Sorta like the opposite of a dry heat, ya know?

[northofdenali]

14. Isn't Arcata in Humboldt County?

The. Best. Police. Log. Ever. http://www.arcataeye.com/index.shtml

[XemaSab]

17. Yes, yes it is

I personally prefer the Mill Valley, CA police log, but de gustibus. :shrug:

I also know the ex-wife of the editor of the eye, so I've heard nasty things about him. :hide:

[northofdenali]

31. I literally stumbled on the Eye -

a neighbor gets the paper, and I tripped over it. At any rate, the police log can be extremely funny - I wish our local police reporters had any sense of humor at all. I guarantee Fairbanks, Alaska could come up with some real winners.

I've never been to either Mill Valley or Arcata - just coincidence!!

[XemaSab]

32. The scary part about the Eye

is that you read the Police Log with an eye towards recognizing people you know! :scared:

[northofdenali]

33. Shoot, Xema, I do that here with the regular cop report!!!

Finding at least 1 a week................ :P

[leftofthedial]

10. active jazz scene

:rofl:

the place you describe does not exist

[misanthrope]

19. What's so funny?...

...I missed the punch line in there somewhere.

[leftofthedial]

21. among musicians, finding a vibrant jazz scene is a holy grail

there are few places with a good jazz scene.

[misanthrope]

28. It seems from things I've heard...

...that things are better in some places than in others.

I think "vibrant" or "active" are relative terms. Most places have nothing, zero, zilch as far as jazz goes. No one is expecting anything like ca. 1952 52nd Street, but a town with even three or four joints is considered very active nowadays.

Along those lines, I've heard aficionados and musicians refer more kindly to New York, Chicago, Atlanta, pre-Katrina New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver.

One also has to realize that musicians' standards are always going to be fairly high. What most want is a large variety of joints all filled with respectful, attentive throngs. Of course, we know that isn't too terribly likely with what is evidently an esoteric art form.

[TrogL]

11. Edmonton, Alberta

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. If you find that place let me know. I live in San Antonio Texas.

:rofl:

[misanthrope]

18. Well...

...the posters of messages # 5, 6, 7, 13, 15 & 16 seem to think they know where that is.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Seattle n/t

[DS1]

22. That was the same mistake I made - the poster is after low humidity

;-)

[misanthrope]

30. Low humidity can be relative...

...How is it compared to a place where the humidity averages in the 70s year 'round, and even higher in the summer?

Also, humidity itself is gauged in relative terms. Air at 90 degrees with 50% saturation holds a lot more water than 55 degree air does at the same percentage.

[begin_within]

15. Santa Barbara, California - but very expen$$$$ive

[MrScorpio]

16. Amsterdam

Nice town!

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. Shhhh...we don't like to spread it around

Too many people will come. Don't tell anyone. We don't want anymore people here. Shhh...(washington state)

[maveric]

23. San Diego. Pay no attention to the "red" label given to it.

Its rapidly turning blue here in SD.

[wovenpaint]

24. Newport, RI

They have a jazz festival every year-don't know about strict limits on smoking, though.
But-most places around here do have indoor smoking off limits now.
Summer heat doesn't seem so bad close to the shore, either.

[bertha katzenengel]

25. try Central California, on the coast

Santa Barbara, for example. Good luck!

[kwassa]

26. Coastal climates are not really very low humidity

not compared to desert areas, anyways. The LA basin has about 40-45% humidity compared to 5% in the desert.

Also, most of the West Coast gets damp fog.

San Diego is probably your most ideal. High cost of living, though, like much of California.

[misanthrope]

29. LA Basin is bone dry....

...compared to the Gulf Coast.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. The Maine coast is most of that---

but *I don't think* it's got any good jazz scenes.

:grr::grr:

[Shine]

34. Santa Cruz, CA! It's got everything on your list and more....

:hi:


I love it here.