Thursday, May 03, 2007

home sweet home

last week, a report came out that listed the top ten "most livable places" in the country, based on nine categories: housing affordability (cost of living), transportation, jobs, education, climate, crime, health care, recreation, and ambience (museums, performing arts, restaurants and historical districts). they surveyed 379 places, and came out with the top ten. and the winner is.....

(drumroll.....)













(photo by Darrell Sapp, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
PITTSBURGH!!

just in case you think it's a fluke (or you've never been here to visit), let me just say that over the last 25 years, pittsburgh is the only city to have finished in the top 20 every time. so that settles it. it's awesome here. you should probably move here.

just in case you're curious, the other finalists (after pittsburgh, of course) are:
  1. San Francisco, California
  2. Seattle, Washington
  3. Portland, Oregone
  4. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  5. Rochester, New York
  6. Washington, D.C.
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale, California
  8. Boston, Massachusetts
  9. Madison, Wisconsin
so come on out and see. it's awesome. i told you.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Imagine people's dissapointment when they discover that "Pi(ttsburgh/cksmahbutt)" is nothing more than a figment of our nation's collective imagination. Seems a bit irresponsible to be toying with people's mind this way, doesn't it Kath? I mean, sure, YOU living in imagination-land is fine and dandy, seeing as it only affects you. But inviting OTHER people to this place?? For shame.

Not to mention that the report is flawed to begin with. I mean, where's the "number of Arcades-Per-Resident" field?! Sure, one might say that fits under "recreation" or "ambience," but if that's the case, then I'd say so does "crime." I'm pretty sure it deserves its own category. Pfft.

But nonetheless, congrats on having a highly-rated imaginary city.


(PS: j/k's and/or high-five's all around... mmmkay?)