It was an ordinary day. Reading about the borough known as Lititz, Pennsylvania. It was close to 10 years ago that Lititz attracted national attention when it was named one of "The coolest small towns in America" and the nearby city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania was named the best small city in America! when compared with 1,300 cities with populations between 25,000–100,000 people on measures of affordability, economic health, education & health, quality of life, and safety. Well Lititz is back at it when it was recently named as one of the eight "most charming Main Streets in the United States by Fodor's, a company that has been delivering travel and tourism advice through guide books and it's award-winning website for more than 70 years. Seems that many believe that "these Main Street thoroughfares were practically and purposefully designed to enjoy a leisurely stroll. Visitors to Lititz can take a stroll down Main Street and see it's classic buildings which are home to a variety of businesses. "A Tea Affair" offers a selection of teas and scones while the Lititz Shirt Factory is a "hip, live music venue and brewery. You can also check out the Tapestry Collection by Hilton Hotel in the building that once housed the Wilbur Chocolate Co. factory - as a "world-class luxury hotel" with a "sweet heritage." While you stroll the streets of Lititz you can listen to the clicker-clack of horse hooves as Amish carriages are pulled past the stores in Lititz. Other accolades for the town of Lititz during the past decade have included the Philadelphia Daily News naming it one of the 10 best places to take a "beer-cation" during the winter of 2015. Also, in the nearby town of Lancaster, Adam McCann of WalletHub named the town the best small city to live in America based on criteria including affordability, economic health, educational health, and quality life and safety. Lancaster also was chosen by WalletHub, a nine-year-old personal finance website, as having the best in affordability of housing, economic health, education and quality of life and safety. My wife and family have had the good fortune of living in Lancaster County and enjoy all that it has to offer. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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