I think they publish these Top 10 lists at the same time.
It's some sort of conspiracy, I tell ya! At least this latest list is something to make Corvallis residents proud.
Corvallis was named third in the nation in Country Home magazine's 2007 list of "Best Green Places" this week, beaten only by Burlington, Vermont and Ithaca, New York, proving we're a bunch of damned hippies. Yay us!
In more narrow categories within the eco-friendly ratings, Corvallis ranked second in the number of green public buildings, has more people who bicycle to work than anywhere else, as well as a significant number of people walking to work and using public transit, and, of course, has a high number of farmers’ markets and food co-ops. We're mean, green, biking machines, apparently.
While I agree that Corvallis deserves a spot on the list, I have to question a few of these places. The town where my mother lives (Hi Mom!) defines ugly suburban strip mall sprawl, but it managed to squeak into the top 20. I have a feeling that park acreage factors significantly. Even that doesn't really explain Champaign-Urbana, but whatever.
The top 25 green cities can be found here.
Corvallis was named third in the nation in Country Home magazine's 2007 list of "Best Green Places" this week, beaten only by Burlington, Vermont and Ithaca, New York, proving we're a bunch of damned hippies. Yay us!
In more narrow categories within the eco-friendly ratings, Corvallis ranked second in the number of green public buildings, has more people who bicycle to work than anywhere else, as well as a significant number of people walking to work and using public transit, and, of course, has a high number of farmers’ markets and food co-ops. We're mean, green, biking machines, apparently.
While I agree that Corvallis deserves a spot on the list, I have to question a few of these places. The town where my mother lives (Hi Mom!) defines ugly suburban strip mall sprawl, but it managed to squeak into the top 20. I have a feeling that park acreage factors significantly. Even that doesn't really explain Champaign-Urbana, but whatever.
The top 25 green cities can be found here.
posted by Corvallist at
4:45 PM
4 Comments:
Didn't the author of the Best Green Places list go to OSU?
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Anonymous, at 8:51 PM
Thought I had read it somewhere.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2007/03/11/news/community/3aaa04_greencorvallis.txt
"Bert Sperling of Sperling’s BestPlaces, who conducted the study for Country Home, said Corvallis rated very high in a number of the 24 categories...
In the spirit of full disclosure, it should be noted that Sperling is an Oregon State University graduate and a former Gazette-Times employee. But he said there was no favoritism in Corvallis’ rankings."
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Anonymous, at 8:58 PM
My town probably got in because we do have a number of active bike riders, a century ride, lots of parks, plus - ahem - a year round farmers market.
That said, I do hate the sprawl.
Love,
Mom =)
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Anonymous, at 10:02 AM
There is some bikers... they look as a very suicidal type in winter especially after 5 PM. Albert was right - everything is relative. I guess the rest of the country even worse if we can make it to top 10. There is not a single safe path through town and yet we got “Bike friendly” title too. Sad…
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Pavel, at 10:31 PM
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