John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Louisville, the U.S.’ Most Liveable City

This is a big deal.

We all say this almost weekly when describing to others what it’s like to live in Louisville.

“It’s a great place to live and raise a family” I’ve said over 3000 times. And meant it each time.

Sure, it’s not “edgiest… city”, or “fastest growing city” or “fastest dying city” or any of the other more thrilling adjectives that would be more conducive to a burst of adrenaline.

But Louisville isn’t where people move to for an adrenaline rush. It’s where people move to after the they’ve tried the “adrenaline rush” cities and found them wanting.

They’ve learned the hard way that a uniquely “livable city” was what they were really looking for all along…and just didn’t know it. At least that’s my story. And I know it’s a common one.

Louisville is not a city full of cheap external thrills. Rather it is a city that allows us to become our better selves internally.

Congrats Louisville. On being great –in fact, the best–at being a good place to live.

So how to sum up succinctly what it means exactly to be selected as the nation’s most “Liveable City.”

I’d put it this way: LA, NY, Chicago, Dallas, New Orleans, Philly, Cindy, Indy, Atlanta and Nashville are all fun cities to date. But Louisville is the city that you are going to want to marry.