This morning, as is typical at 615 summit, I woke up and flipped on the today show. One of the promos this morning was for a story about Money Magazine's top 100 small towns in America. I wasn't able to watch the story, but it peaked my interest enough to google it to find out if our town made the list. I was shocked that not 1 town in SC made the list. Not only this year but since 2005 when they started this list, only one town (Mt Pleasant) made the list. In fact, a very low number of southern cities made the list at all. So I looked up the criteria for this list and in addition to unemployment and education it includes things like "How many movie theatres are in the area". So, because we only have two 20+ theatre complexes plus an awesome smaller theatre complete with the George Lucas sound system, the city gets counted as 3 compared to 27 in the average winning city. Instead we have a beautiful park system, a thriving downtown, and during the summer there are free or very cheap events going on at least 4 nights a week. I would rather take a picnic and enjoy Shakespeare in the Park any day over having access to 27 theaters offering the same $10.00 ticket and $20.00 concessions.
I am biased to our city, but it is a pretty great place to live. (I'm not saying the name because of the title of our blog - thanks internet stalkers). I moved here from another state, to go to Clemson University. Before I arrived the only thing I knew about SC was a water tower shaped like a Peach and South of the Border because of previous trips through the palmetto state on 85 or 95. I never left after finishing school, I met my husband and we plan on raising our family here. It is a great place to live and I am proud to call it home. To the Money Magazine editors who determine the list, try taking a real trip to the sunny south, you might be surprised at what you find.
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