Welcome to Lifestyles

Everyone loves sun, but do you want something more? Do you long for the hazy days to become crisp and for the trees to turn from varied greens into a fiery kaleidoscope of reds, oranges, and golds? Do you want a soft blanket of pure white snow to crunch beneath your feet and to ski, sled, and snowmobile through – so long as it's gone by spring so you can plant your garden by the May long weekend? Do you want fresh spring to be followed by a sultry summer, which leads again into the cooler nights that forecast the colors of fall ...?

Ah, big city life... sometimes you just can't beat it. In an urban center, you can rub elbows with the movers and shakers or hang out with the hipsters in the hot nightclubs. You can be on the cutting-edge of fashion or help set the trends. You can experience high culture or cultural diversity by trying a different restaurant from a different culture every night of the year. You can study at some of the best schools. You can get all of this and still get home with ease (if you can avoid rush hour).

Do you like the small-town atmosphere? Do you like the rural lifestyle and want to raise exotic cattle, potbellied pigs, or prize-winning ponies during your off hours? Or perhaps you would like space to grow your own organic vegetables? Maybe the golden prairie fields and vast open range make your heart soar? Does pediatrician and Pulitzer-prize winning poet William Carlos Williams' poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow" speak to you? so much depends upon/ a red wheel barrow/ glazed with rain water/ beside the white chickens.

Are you cultured? Can't do without your theatre fix – whether classical, contemporary, fringe, or dinner? Does Beethoven's "9th Symphony" excite you? Are you moved by Rigoletto? Enchanted by Swan Lake? Or enthralled by a marvelous museum?