Where is your dream place...

[emily_in_nc]

Trek,
You just described Yellow Springs, Ohio.

There are quirky, progressive people in Ohio?

My in-laws live there, and the parts I've seen/been to (many times) are quite traditional and conservative. They live outside Canton and in Highland Heights (DH's parents and brother, respectively), so admittedly, that's a very small slice of Ohio, but I do always think of it as conservative and traditional as a state... Then again, the county I live in in NC is a blue county in a red state, so I guess there can be pockets of progressive folks just about anywhere!

I've never heard of Yellow Springs -- it sounds neat. Is that where you live, Jennifer?

Emily