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Build Your Own Utopia Somewhere between a community's basic necessities (good schools, low crime, reasonable real estate) and its most coveted luxuries (singletrack in the backyard - (available in the Pinebush, click here for details)), Class III whitewater on the outskirts of town) are the little perks that can make the difference between a fine outdoor-sports town and a downright dreamy one. Here's Outside Magazine's recipe for perfection, the ingredients in no particular order: • Seasonal farmers market • Outdoor lap pool - Lincoln Park Pool • Artsy movie house - The Spectrum • Bike lanes (Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail). • natural-foods grocery • Resident oddballs (CANA) • Water running through it (The Hudson & Normanskill) • Climbing gym • International-magazine newsstand • Plans to fight sprawl • Clean air • Outdoor music venues • Dog parks • Local parades • Alternative weekly (Metroland) • Good local public radio • Fresh-fish vendor (The Cousins) • Outdoor-skills clinics • Juice bar • Summer mountain-bike racing series • Minor League baseball • Big trees . Sunshine |