While the virtues of Cooperstown appear obvious to visitors, too often residents overlook them and choose instead to find something to complain about.

Most residents probably don't realize it, but they're living in "America's most perfect village" and it's about time they started behaving like it.

For a while now some of the Clark entities - the Otesaga Hotel is a good example - have used the trademarked tag line "In America's most perfect village" in their advertising.

Most perfect? The idea of something being "most perfect" would undoubtedly raise some eyebrows in English departments. New York Times columnist William Safire would have something to say about it.

Perfection is perfection - or so we always thought. It leaves no room for improvement. It means unparalleled, unsurpassed, unequaled and yet, Cooperstown is more than that.

At some point, the village went beyond mere perfection to a pinnacle that - in the minds of some - earned it the title of "most" perfect.

Maybe it's not so far-fetched. After all, this is the village where the rare and elusive "perfect game" is celebrated.

Knowing that we live and work in "America's most perfect village" should put people's minds at ease.

Those common, everyday annoyances that come in the form of no parking spaces, crowded streets, noise and litter must be figments of our collective imagination.

Certainly, by definition, they could not be a part of everyday life in "America's most perfect village." As far as that goes, it seems there would be no place in America's perfect village, let alone in "America's most perfect village," for that kind of mundane annoyance.

Armed with the assurance that things can't get any better, or worse, because we're already at the top of our game, why not relax, embrace what's here and enjoy it?