Nickname: Clive

Review: Agurbs, yes broad band and small jet service enable me to work, not just live in Skagit County, WA. A new Krispy Cream outlet just off Interstate helps too!

Date reviewed: Jul 24, 2005 6:26 AM

Nickname: Jay

Review: I have just read David's comment about lack of "culture" in rural areas. I am guessing that David is an urbanite who has not spent much time in rural areas. Smaller towns and country areas provide some of the very best cultural venues you can find. They don't get the publicity that The Met or Carnegie Hall or the Guggenheim do. And thus lots of urbanites who only read the New York Times do not know about what is being offered elsewhere. Perhaps urbanites, including cultural correspondants, just take it for granted that rural America has nothing to offer. I'll offer some examples of "culture" taken from my own back yard, Nebraska and the southwest region of the state. In Kearney, population 27,000+, there is a university and a community college. There's The Museum of Nebraska Art, the Children's Museum, and The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. A few hours away is the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and The Nebraska Symphony Chamber Orchestra. ...+ much much more.

Date reviewed: Jul 19, 2005 7:11 PM

Nickname: David

Review: Wouldn't it depend on what components you want for quality of life? If art museums, great symphony orchestras, and universites are important to your quality of life, rural areas would seem less competitive.

Date reviewed: Jul 16, 2005 1:40 AM