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Hey Paul, my wife is a NP in the Strong system. She really loves working for the University of Rochester Medical System. The hospital systems are not connected between Rochester and a Buffalo in any noted capacity. And not for nothing, they have been fantastic to us as patients as well. Family was certainly a draw for us to move here, but the medical systems (especially U of R), and the local universities were massive draws.
I'm kinda looking for an intellectual scene or something approaching that. Some classical music, smart people, art stuff. Would you say that it's there?
Before the flooding, Asheville reportedly had a great music scene in general, and lots of gigs. Don't know about now.
Paul, only reason why I'd say reconsider Milwaukee (despite the distance) is if you're looking to buy, we're still relatively affordable compared to most other cities and the adjacent burbs immediate to the city aren't terrible options depending on where you look. Plus, as I'm sure some of my Chicago neighbors can attest to as well, we're terribly convenient with many of the same amenities just on a vastly smaller scale, not to mention Chicago's only 90 minutes away, Madison even less.
ok I'll give it a solid look.
I 2nd Madison Wi, weekly djam run by ‘geese’, 2x a year Midwest Gypsy Jazz Festival. Also multiple splendid medical work environments. Housing is expensive but there are outlying communities. With climate change a’coming we should have palm trees soon.
Sounds good man and just dm if you have any specific questions - I've lived here vast majority of my life and know most of the ins and outs.
That said, my Madtown neighbors are making some great points about Madison as well and although it's always been a bit too college town for a perpetual city boy like me, the GJ scene is certainly more vibrant than many other a locale.
Absolutely. Definitely some very smart people and interesting research and new tech coming out of RIT where I teach, and obviously some incredibly bright young people.
We also have the Philharmonic, which is I think really special to have in a city our size. Not to mention that the Eastman School of Music is co-located with the Philharmonic. Some great museums too.
Hi Paul,
I live in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, near the US border. I do a bit of playing in Buffalo (non GJ) and have come to like the place very much.
I would guess that are probably half a dozen Buffalo guitar players who are into GJ.. Just one regularly gigging GJ band as far as I know.
Now if you cross the border around my neck of the woods, there are two or three GJ guitar players in southern Ontario.
But if you are willing to drive north another hour and a half to Toronto, there are probably a dozen or so players there and a couple of regularly gigging bands.
Good luck!
Will
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Baltimore might be worth a look. It’s got the Charm City Festival, a couple of very solid players like Michael Joseph Harris who keep the scene going and a first class luthier in Craig Bumgarner. Also it’s not too far to get to NYC, Stephane’s thing in New Jersey and Django in June.