PremiumMonday, August 07, 2006
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Charlottesville in the News
My city has come into the national spotlight recently for two reasons. First of all, we're featured in Cottage Living magazine as a cool place to hang out. A side bar article titled “Top 20 Ways to Get Charlottesville Style” lists my neighborhood as the “hottest cottage
neighborhood.”
Secondly, we placed second in a contest that judged city slogans. Charlottesville's slogan? So Very Virginia. (So very embarrassing.) The folks in Richmond (“One City, Our City”) must be gnashing their teeth over this one. The problem with So Very Virginia is that it opens us up to all sorts of snide criticisms—played up with comic effect by one of my favorite Charlottesville Bloggers. Example: Virginia has executed more women and the youngest children of any state in the nation. So Very Virginia. In my neighborhood, the ratio of animals that escape from the stockyards to prisoners who escape from the regional jail is one to one. So Very Virginia.
I suppose you're all panting to know which city came in first. Las Vegas, with the truly inspired What Happens Here Stays Here. Sin City indeed. Other city slogans of note:
Omaha, Nebraska --Rare. Well done.
Peculiar, Missouri--Where the Odds are With You.
Riverton, Wyoming-- We've Got All the Civilization You Need
Bushnell, South Dakota--It's not the End of the Earth, but You Can See it From Here
Havre, Montana--Get 'er Done
Also of note in the "moniker" category, Nashville, Tennessee, with The Protestant Vatican.
Baltimore came in second in the "Big Wup" Category, with "The City That Reads." I like that. I think I will now think better of Baltimore because of that. My old hometown, Buffalo, NY also placed in the "Big Wup" category with, "It's Good For You." I think this is clever, in a sly sort of way. Whoever thought up that slogan was clearly somewhat jaded at having every Tom, Dick, and Harry proclaiming the health benefits of eating Buffalo. Think about it. You mention that you ate a Buffalo burger, and immediately, someone has to chime in with, "It's good for you!" Anyway, "It's good for you" is far better than the Buffalo slogan of my childhood: "Talkin' Proud!" Last year, the slogan bouncing around the city was "Why Not Buffalo?" Also terrible. So Very Buffalo.
Oy. Having trouble with the highlighter today.
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Comments (8)
Your neighborhood in the news? And it's good news? That's great!
I hate "So Very Virginia". Arlington and Emporia for example are totally different places. Who's to say what Virginia is, am I right?
On the other hand, I LOVE the Vegas slogan. It makes me want to go there and misbehave. :)
Baltimore's slogan isn't "The City that Reads" anymore. It's "Get In On It." Blech. We all had a good time with the previous slogan, "The City that Bleeds", etc.
I hate the Las Vegas slogan. It just sounds so smarmy.
oh ho! this was a good one. thanks...
not sure about ones in VT, but my favorite is "welcome to VT, now leave."
Ours is "Keep Santa Cruz Weird." Austin, Texas is trying to steal that one, too, but I guarantee we are weirder...
On our way to the in-laws, we pass a town called Gretna. The town motto, proudly displayed on some serious road signage, is, "Ain't no big thing, but it's growing!"