I have the great good fortune to live in the Washington D.C. area where there is an abundance of folk enthusiasts and related activity. In fact, I live in Silver Spring about a mile north of what I like to call the folk epi-center of North America (Bob Clayton, Jennifer Woods, Judy Oppenhiem, Neil Walters, Lisa Null, Charlie Baum, and others) all live withing walking distance of one another. Bill D and Ferrara live within a 5 minute drive. Chance Shiver (Fortunato) lives directly behind me!

I know other folkie concentrations exist in Seattle, Boston, Chicago ?, Philadelphia, and Ann Arbor.

MBO complains that there is no folk life in his area.

Are there other vibrant folk communities and concentraions of folk activities out there? Why did they develop and survive (beyond the 60's) in some areas and not others? Do you feel that you are isolated geographically from other folkies? Any ideas on how new "epi-centers" can be created?

JAB