Louisville is America's Most Livable City

I go away for a few days and look what happens: Louisville has been named America's most livable city in the large-city category.

Louisville's outstanding quality of life has earned a national award - the U.S. Conference of Mayors awarded Louisville First Place in the City Livability Awards. Louisville won the large-city category, besting competition that included Las Vegas, Seattle and Orlando.

Having literally just returned from Seattle I can certainly see how we bested that city. Don't get me wrong, Seattle was a fantastic place to visit and surely a great place to live but Louisville has serious advantage in the areas of affordability and mobility. Traffic in Seattle is an absolute nightmare if you're going very far. The public transportation system is good but it still takes a very long time to get from one of the city to the other or really from one major neighborhood to another. We certainly don't have that problem in Louisville.

Congrats to the city of Louisville. I certainly knew it was the best place to live, glad to see the U.S Conference of Mayors agrees with me.