The Best Place to Live!

Charlottesville is Voted America's #1 Place to live by Ranked and Rated!

Our city is a great place to live. We hope you find the information on this page very helpful. Charlottesville is nestled at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western central Virginia. The City has earned a reputation as being one of the most livable places in the country. In 2004 Charlottesville was given the distinction by Ranked and Rated as the Best Place to Live in America. Charlottesville has also remained on Money Magazine's top 100 places to live.

Charlottesville has also earned a reputation as a writers' and readers' paradise. Every spring the city hosts an annual Virginia Festival of the Book that attracts thousands of avid readers form accross the country.