After a very (seriously) hidden ranking system, it appears that Albemarle County only made it to 13 out of the Top 20 places to live in the USA. The simple truth is that Albemarle County and Charlottesville should always be in the Top 5 places to live, no matter the type of list [insert funny list joke here].

Forbes used a bunch of variables to get to this list, including, but not limited to SAT scores, cost of living, graduation rate, standardized scores, home prices, property tax rate as a percentage of median home price, percentage of homes occupied by owner, per-capita income, crime rate and commute time. We didn’t come out on top and I’m pissed.

Here is my Top 5 List for the reasons Forbes pulled this list out of their arse (translation I am a poor sport when Charlottesville doesn’t win).

1. The ranking system is completely secret.

2. Midwestern places hold the top 5 rankings. What? Who likes corn and meth heads, anyway?

3. The ranking system has very little to do with real life family environments.

4. New Jersey made the list.

5. You can’t pronounce half the winners on the list…Ozaukee, Geauga, Waukesha…? Somebody shoot me.

The full list of Forbes’ Top 20 Best Places to Raise a Family is after the jump…

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Here are the photos of our wildly successful space party. Final tallies are still being made, but we raised over $1,000.00 for Computers 4 Kids!

We all had a blast and hope you guys did too! Here are some photos — to help remind you just how much fun you really had. Please send us your photos and we will post them as well.

Thanks for making the night such a hit!

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Oy Wins the Random Drawing.  Your information has been sent to Shen!

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I am afraid to tell you Charlottesville’s best kept secret. I have known about this place for well over two years (before I even moved here). I apologize for my selfish secret, but once you try it you’ll see the need for my secrecy. Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie in North Garden is good enough to bring even the toughest pizza critic down. Their pizza rivals any pizza not just in Charlottesville, but anywhere.

If I know nothing about food, I know that hippies make some damn good pizza. I am from the other side of the country and have never failed to be amazed at the pizza you can get over there. However, every good pizza place has had the “greenest” of employees. I never thought I would be able to find that over here. »Read More

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me introduce you to the mystery of the red panties. Red panties began on this site as a mention in our New Year’s Post by one of our own, Lu Sid. Well, the legacy continued and there have been several other mentions over the last few months.

Most notably we had some very brave (and beautiful) ladies at the Crush Party sporting Red Panties. Picture evidence below:

Now, it’s your turn.

Crush has sponsored the competition. The winner will get a $25 dollar bottle of wine for free from Gregg @ Crush. Stop by and thank him for sponsoring. Yipee!!!

The rules are: there are no rules.

You must submit a picture to GOSSIP@CVILLAIN.COM (max three pictures per person) of red panties in and around Charlottesville. Picture should be no larger than 500px wide and 500px long.

The picture can be photoshopped, people wearing red panties in real life, guys with red panties on their heads. paintings of red panties, red panties placed in funny locations around town, graffiti red pants, etc.

Use your imagination and try to make things relevant to Charlottesville. No nudity!

We will stick entries into one big thread and let the readers vote on the coolest use of red panties in Charlottesville. Winner gets the wine.

All entries must be submitted no later than March 24th at Midnight! Have fun!

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WINGNUT!

Congratulations! Email gossip@cvillain.com for your free tickets!

Thanks! Now, everyone else, please go buy tickets (even if you aren’t going) the money goes to charity!

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Well everyone probably has Valentine’s Day plans, but in case you don’t here are some suggestions.

Me, I’ll probably just sit at home alone, think of new posts to write for cVillain and hope that everyone is having a good time. I didn’t really have a theme for these suggestions and I was trying to find singles non-lovey dovey stuff, but it’s hard. Charlottesville, your money is spent in couples on the 14th. It’s cool.

Anyway, here THREE events that caught my eye as well as THREE homemade solutions. If you are lazy, you will do a non-homemade solution, if you want serious plus points, do it homemade. Everything is local. Let me know what you think of the homemade ones and suggest your own!

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Little old Charlottesville may seem somewhat isolated from the larger metropolitan areas, but this doesn’t mean that we lack exciting start up businesses. If you look around you may be surprised at what you find. This is the first in a series of “Future Business Stars.” In the future we will discuss non-Internet categories. Suggestions are always welcome.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up for your week in review.

We got villains dissing on wine bars, gunshots at the Outback and some Grecian food. Don’t forget to stop around back to sample our smelly PR move, celebrity wannabies, and your favorite musical acts. When you leave, grab the gift bag– it’s full of tats, lawsuits, and monkey sex. Enjoy!

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Besides the lovely complexity of having too much wine this week, we break the story on Pink Paintballs, (hopefully) find a restaurantuer a chef partner, chat with bartenders and break a rumor of a high end steak place. Oh, we also make some rule.

The week in review continues below:

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