[Space Moose]

Okay, I almost never post. But, thought this could stir up some emotion............

[domenad]

Brotherly love...even for the women.

[surely_you_jest]

Gee. I would have figured Boston . . . .

[republicanwizard]

&*@$ yous people. :)

[Colofornian]

I suppose the city could take some pride in having 80% Democrats. (Yeah, right)

[jdub]

I agree. I was in Philly once, went to a baseball game, and was struck by just how many absolutely butt-ugly people were there. Ugliest bunch I’ve ever seen.

[NativeSon]

Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States,

Whew! luckily, I moved!

[Palladin]

HAHAHAHAHAH! Thank you, Philadelphia, and Gov. Rendell, for transporting so many of your ugly ducklings to our little town of Williamsport, PA.

Now we can revel in their sense of style: pants slung low over cheesy underwear; gross tattoos; baseball hats on backwards; oversized white tee-shirts.

We can enjoy looking at their unusual physiques: women so big you can’t tell if they’re preggers with quints or just plain fat.

Their lifestyle: Sitting on the porch in midafternoon, when taxpayers are out working, drinking Ripple from brown paper bags.

Oh, Philadelphia, town of brotherly love and vision of William Penn: How far you have fallen!

[CholeraJoe]

Just ahead of you-know-where.

[NRA1995]

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.

Obviously, whoever did this survey didn't visit Dundalk, MD.

[The_Reader_David]

What??? Yeah, there are a lot of heavy folk in Philly, but

least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly????

Least stylish? Do visitors to Philly never go to Rittenhouse Square or South Street? Least active? Okay, most vistors don't got to Fairmont Park where most of the joggers are. Least friendly? Philadelphians are at least as friendly as New Yorkers, and way friendlier than Bostonians. Least worldly? Did Kansas City not show up on the survey list?

I think the survey must have been colored by folks who have never been to Philly and answered on the basis of old W.C. Fields jokes and the dim recollection of the days before the 1980's when Philly had only one semi-decent restaraunt.

[nevergore]

Funny, the ugliest, most poorly dressed and least worldly people are in Philly.....

Sounds like the Northern caricature of southern hicks.....

Of course, Atlanta ranked high with the beautiful people....

Now the truth is out, Yankee’s are the ugliest.....

[llevrok]

I travel on business to and through PHL often. The city streets are filthy. The people the most rude of anywhere I travel and the service low. The people in downtown (at least) slovenly. Murder rate is high

This reminds me of NYC in the 1970's before Rudy.

[az_illini]

I’ve been to Philly. Its got nothing on the Walmart in Tolleson, AZ on a Saturday afternoon.

[Tribune7]

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[sweetliberty]

25 CITIES is hardly a representative sample of all Americans. I think a case could probably be made for about anywhere, if you looked in the right....or, should I say, wrong...places.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Gia Carangi was a Philly girl...

[Space Moose]

Letter from Civil War:

Captain Blackford, meanwhile, had fought at Bull Run, bivouacked along the Rappahannock, marched to the Confederacy's high-water mark at Gettysburg and returned with the ebbing tide. In victory or defeat, he decided, Pennsylvania held no charms for a Virginian. "Never in my life have I seen so many ugly women."

News from Virginia - Letters from Lee's Army

[Tribune7]

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[Clemenza]

Annoying accents, fat, toothless people, rude attitudes.

Center City has some hotties, but North (including the Northeast), South, and West Philly are home to some disgusting people, and not just in terms of physical attractiveness.

[Daveinyork]

It must be from eating all those pretzels and cheesesteaks.