I could barely tolerate looking at this article that talked about how C-Ville is currently the best place in the universe. According to the local experts it says everyone loves living here, life is a daily high, no one is unemployed, jobs are everywhere, and this area is vibrant.

I really wonder what area they were talking about. I can state with certainty that not everyone loves living here. Many are stuck for multiple reasons. Many want out. Life is not a high…it is just an existence. Unemployment is a very arbitrary term, and the folks that sit on the mall all day aren’t counted as unemployed, but aren’t working (unless you count begging as a job). As for being a vibrant area…I guess you could call it that if you think daily life from the 50’s is vibrant. A kid in every pot, a diaper on every street.

Perhaps the most telling part of the article is that the word crowd is used four times in the short article. A crowd of course is 40 people. Ooooh…I’ve seen more people than that being chased by cops in Belmont. Which 40 people represent the community? Some rich boys over at UVA?

The local area still seems excited that many years ago there was a typo in Frommer’s which ranked this village #1. That has never happened again. Despite what the PR machine thinks around here, we are NOT ranked numero uno.

At least they conclude that this area is destined to collapse. You’ve gotta tell them! C-Ville PR is people! We’ve gotta stop them somehow!

Image from classic movie
Image of C-Ville as it begins to head towards chaos.