Heh not to de-rail the thread but funny I was just talking about Monterey and the 90s/00s here how we used to have a gay bar called The Light House (and across the street a monthly "dykes on bikes" night) when I was in highschool and I think until about 2003 or so.
Now there is nothing.
Monterey County has 430,000 people. Even if you looked at just the immediate mass of cities of Carmel, Pacific Grove, Monterey, Seaside you have 80,000 people. This doesn't include the 155,000 of Salinas which is 15min away.
Back to the thread....I am leaning towards Split. I shouldn't have a problem finding an award ticket when it gets closer.