Mystery City Wants YOU!!

Today in the mail I got yet another ad for our trainees, letting them know there is a wonderful job opportunity...somewhere. However, this one really caught my attention because it does not want to say where it is. The front is a beautiful postcard photo of water and deciduous trees:


On the back there are tantalizing hints, but no indication of where this place is, other than somewhere in the United States. It gives the following clues:

• Very progressive city
• Strongest economy in mystery state
• Warm climate
• Wonderful family-oriented community
• Two major universities
• Perennial hotbed of economic development
• Idyllic lifestyle known throughout mystery state
• Volunteerism is a passion here
• School system continues to lead the mystery state in test scores
• A number of national chains have recently opened because of area's prosperity
• A Tom Fazio designed golf course ranked #1 in mystery state by Golf Digest
• You can play golf all year long!

I mean, this place sounds like paradise, at least if you are a progressive with two kids in college and another in K-12 and you love to shop at national chains and play golf when you are not busy volunteering. So why are they so reluctant to tell you the name of the Mystery City or even the Mystery State? Our trainees currently live in this icebox of a state that (true story) some Brits mistake for a province of Canada, so I can't imagine they would have that much against some other state, especially if you can play golf there all year long. (Heck, we can do that too - haven't they ever heard of indoor golf?) So I am wondering, faithful readers, if you have any idea where this place might be. Some guesses:

Austin, Texas - a progressive city in a state where people drive their Bugattis into the lake and then blame it on pelicans

Tulsa, Oklahoma - just because they think nobody would believe there could be anything cool in Oklahoma

Minot, North Dakota - they're lying about the warm climate

Omaha, Nebraska - it's warmer than Minot!

Anywhere in the Panhandle of Florida or the Appalachian Mountains - they promise all your clients won't be inbred freaks!

Wherever this place is, it needs some more self-esteem. Come on, Mystery City, Mystery State! You can't be so uncool that you can't even mention your own name for fear of scaring off all prospective employees!

Famous Hat