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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
 Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:12:39
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Perhaps you've already seen the story about poll results claiming Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the US?
Reuters -- Are you fat, ugly, lazy, unstylish, unworldly and unfriendly? If the answer is yes then move to Philadelphia -- you'll feel right at home. The city of more than 1.5 million came bottom of a long list of positive features according to the "America's Favorite Cities" survey of 60,000 people by Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News, according to a survey of visitors and residents.
About 60,000 people responded to the online survey, which ranked 25 cities in categories including shopping, food, culture, and cityscape, said Amy Farley, senior editor at the magazine.
For unattractiveness, Philadelphia just beat out Washington DC and Dallas/Fort Worth for the bottom spot. Miami and San Diego are home to the most attractive people, the poll found.
The results don't mean people in Philadelphia are ugly or the city is a bad place to visit. "We were asking people to vote on attractiveness, not unattractiveness. Travel & Leisure editors believe there are a lot of attractive people in Philadelphia," she said. "The relative attractiveness of its residents is only a minuscule factor in evaluating a city's merit."
Being enlightened forumites, we know better than to judge people (or entire cities) on attractiveness. But I do find this survey fascinating, especially because I live in a city that's renowed for its fashion sense yet I've never been visually assaulted by confusing sartorial choices the way I do living here.
What is your town known for and does it live up to that claim to fame? Even been to a place that's fugly? (No Barstow jokes, please.)
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:17:11
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Lowell MA. Dirty old town... Dirty old town.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:23:50
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Interesting that you'd say that. I just did a google image search on Lowell and she didn't look that dirty.
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:33:59
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My brother says it's cleaning up quite a bit as the need for housing not too far from Boston increases but then my half brother says it's still all gangs and such. All though it has it's good parts and good people, I remember it as a culture-less town littered with drugs, gangs, prostitution and kick ass pizza.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:45:57
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So you're saying the biniki was too red?
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
it's still all gangs and such. All though it has it's good parts and good people, I remember it as a culture-less town littered with drugs, gangs, prostitution and kick ass pizza.
Sounds like Oxnard minus the good people and kick-ass pizza.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:56:10
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Baltimore was voted most unattractive city in some magazine once. not the city itself, but the people of the city
i lived in Baltimore for a few months and.. well, no comment |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:57:34
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Comment, comment. That's the point of the thread. To comment.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 07:59:13
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| well, it looks like chernobyl went through there or something |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:15:02
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1. El Paso
2. Albuquerque
3. Amarillo
4. Oklahoma City
 an undisclosed number of visitors can't be wrong |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:18:22
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I remember I hated Colorado Springs too, but I don't remember why..
an undisclosed number of visitors can't be wrong |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:20:26
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:31:11
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Too obvious.
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:38:14
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
So you're saying the biniki was too red?
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
it's still all gangs and such. All though it has it's good parts and good people, I remember it as a culture-less town littered with drugs, gangs, prostitution and kick ass pizza.
Sounds like Oxnard minus the good people and kick-ass pizza.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
More like Fresno but with less cow shit.
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:40:21
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Originally posted by floop
Paris France
The mexican food is awful there.
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:46:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
I remember I hated Colorado Springs too, but I don't remember why..
an undisclosed number of visitors can't be wrong
It must have been the people, because the city is idyllic. It's as pretty as any I've ever seen.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:52:36
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quote:
Originally posted by remig
quote:
Originally posted by floop
Paris France
The mexican food is awful there.
also no one cleans up after their dogs when they shit on the sidewalk |
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:58:41
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It has changed.
Now it's homeless people's shit.
But really, dog owners cares now.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 08:58:41
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My Dad was just in New York for a week, and he found people to be friendly, polite and helpful.
"A little bit of this, and a little bit of that....trade secrets!" |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 09:17:35
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Colorado Springs has great, well, springs. Good place to swim, especially outdoors in winter if that's your thing.
Plus the people are obnoxiously beautiful Colorado mountain types.
New Yorkers *are* friendly. The rudest motherfuckers? Athens, Greece. Total pigs.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 13:22:44
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Whenever I think of Philadelphia I recall its old Veterans Stadium being described as stinking of urine, allegedly due to a shortage of restrooms, and, in its defense, perhaps only on a warm day.
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 14:59:10
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I'm surprised that Dallas/Ft Worth would be right at the bottom of the list. As far as the attractiveness of the citizens: women are overall very hot, much hotter than most northern cities. I guess I don't help the median scores of the males very much, but that can't have skewed the numbers that much. Now when you add the right-wing conservatism of much of the population, maybe THAT's what contributed most to the unattractiveness. That and most prople just hate Texans because many are such idiots. And Kennedy got killed here. And big Dallas hair does suck.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 17:45:25
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I always wondered if there was a correlation between cold weather and fat. I know that we put on more fat naturally in the cold, but I also think there's a psychological factor - people try to look good for the warmer months and let go for the cooler ones and eventually just get too behind on looking good for the summer.
Dallas being at the top list ought to refute that theory.
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 17:49:11
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
I always wondered if there was a correlation between cold weather and fat.
i remember hearing michigan is the fattest state in the u.s. (i think), and it's freezing up here.
Every thought a ricochet...
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 17:55:49
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oh and cohen, congratumalations on your bees.
Every thought a ricochet...
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 17:59:59
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quote:
Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
oh and cohen, congratumalations on your bees.
Every thought a ricochet...
Did I just get another one? You know, I finally got over my obsession with my post count and my bees, and I hadn't even noticed. Still, I am aware that I am close to being on the first page of forum members.
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 18:01:01
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yeah, play it all cool, i know you... 
Every thought a ricochet...
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 18:03:00
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| People are fat in Michigan. But, in my experience it seems like in the US people get fatter as you go towards the Southeast. So, I nominate Georgia for the ugliest state. |
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 18:08:37
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are you from michigan, darwin? wait, that sounded like i was calling you fat.
Every thought a ricochet...
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/23/2007 : 18:08:45
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I was under the impression that Dallas/Ft. Worth had a reputation for having attractive people. Lots of those TV reality shows do scouting for weasels to appear on them here.
In college, I worked a data entry job for awhile that required me to look at scans of people's driver's licenses and type in information from them. The licenses were grouped together by state. One day, you'd do Arizona, the next day you might do Oregon, etc. The WORST looking license pictures, in my opinion, were typically from Indiana. Some of those people were monsters. The best-looking people were in the California and Texas batches, I thought. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 18:12:33
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Originally posted by Jason
Some of those people were monsters.
Haha. I like your candor, Jason.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2007 : 19:10:06
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quote:
Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
are you from michigan, darwin? wait, that sounded like i was calling you fat.
Every thought a ricochet...
I lived in Michigan for one year near Kalamazoo. I now live in California. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/24/2007 : 05:43:28
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Manchester nowadays is known for the greatest football team in the world (Manchester United), and it's gun crime. We are still known for our music too, even though we haven't produced a great band in years.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2007 : 10:07:20
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I once had a professor who had grown up in Iowa. He said that when he first arrived in Austin he had been surprised that young males were doing any thinking at all, given the way the warmth permitted the young females to walk around half naked. And that was almost thirty years ago, before young females started walking around almost completely naked. Maybe that's what it is: people in Texas aren't stupid, they're just distracted.
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Reggie L
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 10/31/2007 : 10:34:03
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I saw the list.. It was very interesting! I saw 4 cities in Texas on it.. but no Houston!?!?!? Whats the deal?? Houston used to be one of the fattest cities.. But there are alot of gorgeous women there too.. Just thought i'd see it at the top or the bottom of the list!?!? Whats really going on,huh?!?!?
"Dont pull my third leg and i wont beat around yo bush!!" |
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Jefrey
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 10/31/2007 : 16:33:07
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What qualifies as a "city"? I would go with every fucking city that has a multiplex with a Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Office Depot, Home Depot...you know pretty much what every city in the USA has turned into?
At least Philly has some history.
That said, Butte, Montana as I recall was not only ugly, but boring as hell. Really not worth a stop unless you want a cheap breakfast and a postcard that says "Butte Montana" on it. You know, 'cause you can pronounce it "butt" and it's funny.
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