Winters, CA: Prius capital of the U.S. (?)

So what you're saying is that Winters residents are nuts.

 

I hope you get to drive to Sacramento or someplace so all your trips aren't 1 mile or less! :lol:

Hey, now that we know where you are, how 'bout putting it in your profile? Sacramento could work there too if you want something larger.

BTW, Winters DOES have a web site: http://www.cityofwinters.org/

Be sure not to miss the Free Thanksgiving Dinner at 6:30pm tonight at the Community Center! Maybe we could have a meet!

 

at one Prius per thousand population, i be willing to be the Lacey-Olympia-
Tumwater area FAR exceeds your density

 

based on the 2003 or 2004 count (latest i could find) that is 89,444 so only need 90 to tie. if not counting state vehicles (675 purchased by state, estimated 85% are in Thurston County) i can virtually garantee more than 90 in Lacey alone not to mention over a dozen on this site

 

ok Henry... tell him how it is. he works at St. Peters hosipital. there is probably 90 Priuses there

 

I'll just sit on the sidelines and enjoy this contest ..

However, the other day at a red light one Prius was directly ahead of me, and another was alongside me in the next lane. My kids and I were elated.

 

In the Sacramento area, that would be considered a normal daily occurrence. Place you location in your profile and we too may be amazed at your Prius traffic jam incident.

 

when we went back to my college town, population about 50,000, we saw about 15 prii on the main north-south drag in about an hour. (my husband was fixing a friend's car that died in a parking lot and i was in charge of entertaining our friend's daughter) at that rate, you may have a contender there.

 

I may have to agree. We have at least 10 G3s and 2 G2s in the Doc's lot counting nurses etc the total may not reach 90 but it is high. Add to that 4 at my lot (excluding the Doc's) at GHC and at least 2 in the Family Practice residency lot. 4 that I have seen going into the old Memorial Clinic. You can not go anywhere around here with out seeing a G3 Prius. The G2 slip under the radar. I know we have several electrics because I have seen them. Home conversions all. This is a green area, because we have the "Greeners" i.e. Graduates, faculty, and students at The Evergreen State College. They put the R in radicle and keep me honest. I wonder if the DOT could provide stats for us? It is not definitive but we are Prius rich.

 

So...do you have any hotels, motels or B&Bs?

Because I'm thinking.....Winters would be the perfect place for the Prius convention we've talked about forever.

Maybe you can arrange for us to stay in local homes. We can have a parade.

Just think...Prii from all over the Western United States converge on your sleepy little town to keep those six Prii company. And you still wouldn't need to drive more than a mile.

 

we definitely have a "greener" persuasion here. we also have at least 4 organic co-op groceries here. i recently needed a cable for a computer so went to the cheapest computer parts store in town which WAS The Other Guys. unfortunately they had moved and an organic food co-op took its place. great!! thats all we need is another one of those.

 

I see you added your location to your profile. "Prius capital of US". Cool. B)

 

Jack 06 . . . you’re confusing me.

I thought that the Winters’ Earthquake Street Festival was to commemorate the 1892 magnitude 6.4 earthquake which was centered in Winters. Besides the unexpected (inland) location for such a strong earthquake, the other notable thing to the USGS about this earthquake was it occurred just two days after a 6.5 earthquake struck north of Vacaville . . . less than 8 miles apart!

And that “Gateway to Lake Berryessa" thing ???? I always thought of Winters as the “Backdoor to Napa.â€

The mailing of the results of the annual water tests . . . state notification law.

But the really confusing thing . . . A LEFT TURN ARROW? At THAT intersection???? Now that is wishful - and wasteful - thinking!