Pace on Earth

Things Are Looking Up

Fredericton has been in the national news in the last couple of weeks thanks to the big river overflowing its banks. This is some serious shit (even more shitty that is literal in some cases) for many residents of our little Burg and will cause them headaches cleaning up the mess well into the summer. Some of them might even be thinking that they made a mistake living here, although more likely that they made a mistake living so close to a river that floods, to some extent, every spring. The former feeling won't last though as summer blooms and the city gears up for tourist season.

Most of the residents are here because the love this place and many of the tourists marvel at its quaint, clean charm. I like it mostly because it's where the people that make me laugh are. Either way, it's nice to be able to shut the hell up and let someone else say how great of a place it is. And this article from the TJ shows just that. "Best of" lists are always a bit spurious, and I probably won't be trumpeting the ones that rank Fredericton near the bottom, but in my continued efforts to spread the gospel I will continue to throw it out there. Here is the full list. Interestingly, the cities that rank 1 and 2 are both cities that tend to make people like me say "Good town, reminds me of home".

This follows this good news and this good news so it's all good. I sometimes wonder if I should be happy here or if it's just a case of setting deeply into my comfort zone. These lists help reassure me that it is indeed a great place to be; so I can keep on laughing guilt free.

Pace out.

Labels: Canada's Best Places to Live, Freddy Beach

posted by Vitamin S @ 6:04 p.m.