Well... Our own gentle reader Ozboy broke the story in yesterday's comments section... and lo and behold, the story appears right there this morning... on the front page of Emerald City's own home town newspaper:
• Forbes: Ogden area 2nd-most livable in U.S.Here's the link to the Forbes story which has set the Standard-Examiner and the Godfrey administration's hummingbird hearts all a-flutter:
• America's Most Livable CitiesAs city ratings puff pieces go, we swear it doesn't get much better than that.
Unfortunately that's the high point however. Here's the bad news from the Standard-Examiner, regarding the city that touts itself as the world's high-adventure fun-time mecca, straight from the pages of Portfolio.com:
• The Fun IndexNotably, New York City comes in at #1... and Provo* comes in dead-ass last (no surprises there)... and Ogden** scores... (drum-roll)... a disappointing #95, edging out fun-time meccas El Paso, TX and Bakersfield, CA by a nose:
(Click to Enlarge Image)We gotta admit we're heartbroken by this latter low rating. Sadly, the Portfolio.com editors neglected to check out our totally awesome SALOMON FUN CENTER, we suppose. What maroons!
We'll leave it up to our gentle readers to explain the meaning of all this, (if any.)
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*Official Provo City Motto: ""We'll show them what fun is: You won't wake up with a hangover and you'll still have your money in your wallet."
** Official Ogden City Motto: "Well, at least we're still a heckuva lot more fun than Provo."
