Artsy-Fartsy Towns (best, people, south, metro)

[crystalblue]

What Cities/areas (with population more than 500k but less than 2M) are surprisingly artsy?


fartsy is optional...

[JakeDog]

Perhaps not suprisingly, but Portland is very artsy.

[goozer]

Originally Posted by JakeDog

Perhaps not suprisingly, but Portland is very artsy.

And more than 2 million metro population, but who's counting!?!?!

[crystalblue]

hmmm, how about 2 categories?

the above, and for moi, add the stipulation that it has to be east of the Mississippi and south of the mason dixon line.

[Journey2LS]

I would say Key West

[st. louie louie]

Austin, TX.
Asheville, NC.
New Orleans, LA.

[Xpat]

Albuquerque, New Mexico - it seems like everyone there has an easel in a back room with a painting they are working on.

[tvdxer]

Minneapolis, MN has a very strong arts (especially performing arts) scene, one of the best in the country.

Minneapolis proper has about 350k, neighboring St. Paul about 300k, and the Twin Cities area as a whole 3m. However, it seems that most of the art-related stuff is concentrated in Minneapolis.

[Blue Grass Fever]

I'm not sure what the population stats are, but my vote goes for Ann Arbor, Michigan!

[Billiam]

Frederick, MD - artsy with art festivals too often - east of the mississippi and south of the Mason/dixon line
but i guess it doesn't fit the population criteria

but i must say, mabey people need a little US geography course, austin (w of miss), Minneapolis(w of miss, n of m/d line), Ann arbor (n of M/D line), Albuquerque (w of miss) and portland (W of Miss, about level with M/D line)

jk