Did you know that Houston is ugly? This is not intended to be a slight to my southern brethren. I found an interesting article from Total Beauty today (it was cross listed on CNN). The article detailed the places with the best looking guys and ugliest. [http://www.totalbeauty.com/content/gallery/p-ugly-guy-cities]
Here is the ugly list:
8. Houston
7. Philadelphia
6. Detroit
5(t). Mobile, AL
5(t). Huntington, WV
4. Greensboro, NC
3. Miami, FL
2. Hagerstown, MD
1. El Paso, TX
Okay, so I get that a girly beauty magazine sort of screwed up by having a tie and then not accounting for it in its scoring. Fine. However, I looked at their measurements, and frankly, it's a whole lot better attempt than most rankings by more prestigious magazines. They measure things like gyms per capita. number of parks, dentists per capita, etc. Moreover, if you cross list their cities with Men's Fitness' Healthiest cities (which is a very robust ranking), the two are pretty consistent. Here is that list:
Fattest Cities
1. Miami
2. Oklahoma City
3. San Antonio
4. Las Vegas
5. NYC
6. HOUSTON
7. El Paso
8. Jacksonville
9. Charlotte
10. Louisville
So, here's what I think it means. Mary should move to Omaha (which is number #9 on the Fittest Cities of Men's Fitness) lest she be forced to look at fat women (and men) in tights on a regular basis. It fits her world view much more clearly than does Houston. Simply put, Omaha is just better looking.
On a related topic, Omaha scored an "F" in the number of citizens that eat their daily allotment of fruits and vegetables. However, Omaha had very high scores in baseball and beach volleyball participation by adults. These strike me as odd considering the weather - which the magazine noted - and gave us bonus points because we had a "high" motivation score. Here's a link. Click on Omaha if you want the detail.
Which leads me to my last point. Daniel Tosh must not have read the above points because he makes fun of Nebraska and Omaha specifically. Its weird how stereotypes persist despite statistics.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Happy Holidays! My name is Lisa Hope and I am the assistant editor of Disorder.org. I am contacting you today in hopes of developing a strategic partnership with your website; we have seen your site and think your content is great. Disorder.org is an online gateway for people to find information regarding disorder diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment -- and is continually adding content. More specifically, Disorder.org is starting a campaign to promote awareness about eating disorders of all types. If you're interested in a partnership, please contact me at lisa.disorder.org@gmail.com.
ReplyDelete