Nestled in the embrace of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Quincy offers a refreshing alternative to California’s typical postcard imagery of beaches and movie stars.
This mountain hamlet of approximately 1,800 souls presents a lifestyle so dramatically different from urban California that it might as well be in another state entirely.
Here, the air carries the crisp scent of pine instead of exhaust fumes, and traffic jams are virtually nonexistent.
My discovery of Quincy happened during what I fondly call my “California Decompression Tour”—a desperate search for somewhere in the Golden State where my blood pressure might actually decrease…