Despite our growing pains which seem to have reached a crescendo in 2004 when we were ranked the #1 Best Place to Live (thanks, Bert Sperling) , this area really is a pretty great place to live, particularly if you like outdoor activities. … (Thanks, C-Ville ) It’s almost comical looking back a decade when Outside Magazine ranked Charlottesville the Best Place to Get Found : THE PRICE OF PARADISE: Sweltering summers and increasing sprawl and traffic, especially on Highway 29, just widened (though not enough) to six lanes through town.

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