I guess my question with creating these more artisitic communities is, what do towns that have no colleges or universities nearby (or if they are not willing to be so helpful, like Dickinson) to assist in creating these kinds of places to live. Even without actively doing anything, colleges and universities give their communities artistic and creative opportunities with the college performances, art exhibits etc. What about the places that don't have this at all though? It seems important to me to begin forming a lot of these creative communities, while having the already popular cities grow is great as more people move in and continually add to the arts, those places often become overcrowded with people. What we need is a lot of these kinds of communities so that networks of these communities begin to build. These networks would be able to help build more artistic communities. I do feel that these kinds of things do start with the school systems. Trying to build strong arts programs within the schools will give these communities young, creative people. Why not, as a music teacher at one of these schools, give assignments to go out and do shows in the public? These kinds of assignments may be more interesting to some students, giving them an opportunity to showcase their creativity for the public.