This is one of those weird viral things on the Internet, but it’s certainly caught fire around town with people who don’t have enough to do.
Kiplinger’s has put up a poll to vote for the best city in the country, and it’s a neck-and-neck battle between geeks in Louisville and geeks in Lexington. At the moment, Lexington’s ahead by an insignificant margin, miles ahead of third-place Tallahassee. The city in Florida. Which must also have a campaign going.
Another e-blast from Possibility City HQ, or multiple Twitter tweets, may be necessary to boost our total.
Bragging rights, like being able to send out a press release saying we had more citizens willing to vote for us in an online poll, are on the line. What’s more, a mini-debate is occurring in the comments section of the site. Once you get past the Roanoke and Pittsburgh proponents (they’re both, like, not even in the Top 25), there’s both good and bad views of Louisville.
Since we’re such big skeptics, we noticed this one, from somebody who woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning: “I would definitely not recommend that anyone move here unless they come from a very small backward town and see the ‘big’ city of Louisville as a step-up. It is a step down for anyone who has lived in a same-sized city or bigger city.”
There are a lot of positive comments, too.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) // Jun 10, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Louisvillians, please don’t let our ugly, diminutive stepsister in the state win this thing!
2 Melvin // Jun 10, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Let’s just hope that Louisville doesn’t win this thing because it doesn’t deserve it. Louisville severely lacks the job opportunities and other facets of life that other cities have. Including the fact we have a hicktown mayor running things. Sorry but life here isn’t the bowl of cherries that some want to pass on to us. No wonder the youth are leaving, the jobs are leaving, and the city is increasingly turned into a crime ridden war zone basically anywhere west of Newburg Road and all the way to the river.
Besides, with Louisville being quite the closed minded place, why would you want all these outsiders coming here to ruin your game of cornhole. No wonder the youth leave here because they know there is better out there than being a service worker or some other crappy job. So don’t try to fool others to come here because after a few years here dealing with the local culture, they will be ready to leave too.
3 Kelly // Jun 10, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Clearly Melvin lives in a different city than I do. My friends are all very open minded, I find the culture pretty good for a city this size, I never have and never will play cornhole and I have a pretty damn good job. Works well for me.
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