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I wasn't trying to exude smugness. I think everyone's wound up by previous snarky remarks. I was asking an innocent question. I'm genuinely curious about how people outside of major metro areas live. I was wondering if the arts are a part of their everyday lives. How much access do they have to it? That kind of thing. I got snippy when the other poster called me a moron for asking the question. Not much midwest charm there.[/quote]

Our neighborhood is lousy with artists because they can afford real houses with work space.  DC and I routinely hang out in working studios, and there are several nonprofit and low-cost arts and maker spaces within a few minutes, so it's omnipresent.  There are a bunch of galleries in the neighborhood and pottery, writing, printmaking, photography, drama and dance programs for kids.

We have a gem of an art museum from the robber baron days, a solid MOCA, many smaller museums and galleries, science/natural history, history, and a great children's museum.  Excellent zoo.  Opera, ballet, symphony, chamber, early music, multiple chorales etc. More music than we know what to do with - have yet to go out on the spur of the moment and not find something unexpected.  It's often more intimate, too - my favorite concert experiences ever have been here.  Well known design school with many graduate businesses.

There's not as much as the big coastal cities, not by a long shot, but I never got around to everything available when I lived in DC and NYC, either.  There's enough here to keep us busy and interested and not like, oh no, there again?

We do travel for events - take a three-day weekend and go to the Biennial or a first run play in NYC.  We didn't get molecular gastronomy here for more than a year after some other cities, so we traveled to eat and then laughed our asses off.

There is a lot of regional tourism here.  If you live in podunk and you care about art, you take a day or weekend trip to the nearest big city.  [/quote]

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