Pitch Your Burg:
Wellington vs. You

After appearing in the debut episode of Pitch Your Burg last week, the city of Grand Rapids quadrupled in population, opened six restaurants with 18 Michelin stars between them, and issued coupons for free plastic surgery to all its escort services. Phenomenal as that experience was for us all, we're going to make Pitch Your Burg 2.0 a little more competitive. In the first installment, readers simply voted yes or no for whether we should pay more attention to a city that had previously flown under our radar. From now on, you'll be evaluating pitches from two different burgs -- and choosing which city gets the nod, and which city gets razed, the ruins plowed under, and the earth salted with bitter tears of fleeing former inhabitants.

And I'm pleased to announce our first contender: the bucolic burg of Wellington, New Zealand, shown above, whose pitcher proudly notes that his town boasts "a world record for the number of Oscars per head of population." If you think your heretofore unmentioned or shortchanged city can kick that kiwi ass, then send in your pitch to tips@gridskipper.com ASAP. Shoot for 200-300 words, pack it with as many links as you can, and include one good, representative image of your city or something cool in it. Remember, you're trying to convince the Gridskipper audience, so you must appeal to our most cerebral and base instincts simultaneously. When the second challenger pitch is in, both will be posted along with a reader poll to pick the winner. Get to it.

[Photo: Glutnix]

Previously: Pitch Your Burg: Grand Rapids Victorious, Pitch Your Burg: Grand Rapids