Posted on 10/23/2007 8:35:21 AM PDT by Space Moose
PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 22) - Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday.
The city of more than 1.5 million people was also found to be among the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly, according to the "America's Favorite Cities" survey by Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News.
About 60,000 people responded to the online survey -- at www.travelandleisure.com -- 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, D.C. and Dallas/Fort Worth for the bottom spot. Miami and San Diego are home to the most attractive people, the poll found.
But Farley pointed out 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."
Philadelphians' self-esteem has been undermined by national surveys showing they are among the fattest people in the United States. The American Obesity Association ranked the city in the top 10 for overweight people every year between 2000 and 2005.
And sporting pride in a city known for the fierce loyalty of its fans has been hurt by not having had a national champion in any of its four main sports since the 76ers won the National Basketball Association title in 1983.
“You sound like a Philadelphia realtor. I’m not buying.”
Haha... the last thing I would want is fearful old people moving here and screwing this up!
I’m not a realtor, I just love the city I live in. You sound like a guy who got scared of the city in the 80’s and holds on to that fear to this day. A lot has changed!
I live just north of Northern Liberties... renewal and growth are all around me every day. The city is alive with people and culture!
On the other hand... if you don’t care about having a lot of great options for bars and restaurants and entertainment, then why would you care?
“The best thing about Philly is that it is 85 miles from New York (a REAL city). ;-) “
Yeah NYC is great, I’m not going to knock it... but Philly has its own charms.
“Again, Center City is OK, just don’t go too far north of the Vine Street Expressway,”
This is a standard old line, and not true anymore. Northern Liberties is as trendy as it gets. It’s like young old city.
“south of South Street”
Ok, fair enough.
“or west of 30th Street Station.”
University City is beautiful, a lot of money runs rampant around there now. A lot of the beautiful old homes are being restored...
You’re operating on outdated information. Philly’s housing market is one of the few that is still inflating, although at a much slower rate than a year ago.
Would you please take back the 5,000 Philly expatriates from my town? They are clogging up the courts and the welfare offices up here. Our crime rate would go down precipitously without them.
“Would you please take back the 5,000 Philly expatriates from my town?”
No thanks!
“They are clogging up the courts and the welfare offices up here.”
I bet they are. That’s what happens when industry shuts down in an industrial city... you get an exodus of people with skills unsuited to the new environment. Not sure what the solution is for that, but I am happily gentrifying my neighborhood as we speak, so you may expect more ex-Philadelphians to be on the way. Sorry, but we need the space they were occupying for condos, coffee shops, and dog parks.
“Our crime rate would go down precipitously without them.”
Look on the bright side... this is an employment opportunity for police.
I can’t say that I disagree with the whole rude thing.... I don’t live in Philadelphia- I’m out in Montgomery County. there are a lot of rude people around here. I could be just imagining it but they all seem to be a bunch of bigots. Like i said, it could be just me.
Well, if what they say about the whole unattractiveness in Philadelphia, all I can say is... I’m glad I was born in NY.
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