Valhalla By the Ohio
Well, who'da thunk it?
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has awarded Louisville first place in its annual city livability competition. Louisville won in the large-city category, beating out such competitors as Las Vegas, Seattle and Orlando, Fla.
The most livable city in thole U.S. of A.? Louisville is, of course, a wonderful place to live. Stop by sometime, but not this weekend because we've got plans.
The thing that's surprising to me about this that we won in the large-city category. First of all, I don't know why "large-city" is hyphenated, and I hyphenate almost everything. I'd have hyphenated "beating out," just for example, long before I'd hyphenate "large-city." But beyond that, I'm not sure Louisville's all that large. You can drive all the way across town in about 15 minutes and parking is always safe and convenient. My wife and I walked into a frou-frou French restaurant at 7:30 on a Friday night a couple of weeks ago and got a table without a reservation. You only need to get to the airport 45 minutes before your flight, for heaven's sake. How big can we be?
Another thing:
The other finalists included Albuquerque, N.M.; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Fort Collins, Colo.; Kansas City, Mo.; Miami; Omaha, Neb.; Stamford, Conn.; Tampa, Fla., and Tulsa, Okla.
Better than Albuquerque, eh? Take that, NewMexiKen.
To visit the Louisville promotional web page, go here.
To visit the web page for Lynn's Paradise Cafe, the best breakfast joint in town, go here.
Fort Collins, Colorado, is a large-city? Stamford, Connecticut?
The whole thing sounds a little bogus if you ask me.
Posted by: NewMexiKen | 06/20/2008 at 09:48 AM
I fly in to Albuquerque a couple times a year and drive through Louisville a few times a year. While I like both cities, Albuquerque definitely has a better view. But I'm partial to brown and mountains.
Posted by: Frank | 06/20/2008 at 10:42 AM
I have lived in a number of the cities listed, as well as overseas. I tend to agree that Louisville was one of the nicest places we've lived. Great restaurants, good theatre, convenient, great BBQ. Hey F/A, how's about sending some of that Feed Store BBQ sauce our way?
Hey to Mrs. F/A...
Cathleen
Posted by: Cathleen B | 06/20/2008 at 11:30 AM
Lynn's is way good stuff. Never was tacky done so well.
Posted by: Lee | 06/20/2008 at 12:21 PM
Iowa City could a been a contender until we became Atlantis.
Posted by: Wally | 06/20/2008 at 05:41 PM
So "Low-vull" is the final resting place of vikings who died in battle?
Posted by: Squidley | 06/23/2008 at 04:08 PM