Maytag Man chooses Richmond as best city to live in
Debriefer, a blog about people’s favorite cities, recently interviewed the actor who plays the Maytag repair man and asked which city he’d pick to live in. He said, hands down, “Nothing beats Richmond.”
Mr. Maytag cited the feeling of a big city and small town at the same time, and noted the beauty of the James River. He also gave a shout-out to the Byrd theater and the shops in Carytown.
Tell us your favorite places or spaces in Richmond.
The Fan, a residential area in Richmond with amazing architecture. Monument Avenue, a cobblestoned street with huge monuments to everyone from Robert E. Lee to Arthur Ashe. Swift Creek Reservoir; there is a great restaurant out there called the Boathouse. You sit right on the lake. This is also a great lake if you are the sailing type. The Diamond, where our Triple A Richmond Braves Play baseball. It is a great park, not a bad seat in the house.Where would you go for a night on the town?
I would scoot down to the Byrd Theater. This is the $1 movie theater in town. The Byrd is a Richmond landmark. It is the old style theater with the balcony and everything. Make sure you go on a Saturday night to hear the Wurlitzer played live!What kinds of shops are worth going to?
Walk down Carytown! This is the best shopping area around. It is this one stretch of Cary Street, in the Fan, that has tons of shopping. A lot of boutiques, specialty stores, etc.
While I wouldn’t necessarily crown the Maytag repair man as an expert on good cities, he recently got done with a 100,000 mile nationwide tour promoting Maytag’s products (and no need for his services), so he has seen a lot of cities.
