Yep, it's beautiful here...our city has about 1,000,000 people, so it's not too big and not too small. We're also only about an hour's drive from the mountains, and have a river running through our city. You need to come visit sometime.

BTW, for me to visit AnnaC or someone in Toronto, it's generally pretty close to the same flying time as it is to go to the DR. The DR is also usually less costly!