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.
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.....
This reminds me of NYC in the 1970's before Rudy.
I once picked up a pretty blonde friend from Dallas at SeaTac airport. She came down the stairs with nicely done hair, lipstick, a beautifully fitted black jacket with big yellow embroidered flowers and a smile on her face. Every woman in the terminal turned around and hissed at her. They were all dressed like aforementioned refugees, wearing no makeup, nothing pretty or colorful, and their hair was uniformly unisex style, going gray naturally, no henna, no highlights, no help whatsoever. I swear they didn’t wear bras, only cool cotton vestees to enhance flatness. These were random women, all sporting the Seattle look.
So beware!
LOL...Nor the Lexington Market bus stop on Howard St. No need for freak shows to visit Baltimore. One rolls by on the light rail about every 20 minutes.
Love it. Bullying of an entire city based on the quality of appearance. I love how the current obesity obessession of the media and healthcare community has made it ok to target the obese. God help us if they turn on bald guys and make them pariahs.
Being from KC, I completely back your statement on them not being wordly.
“Oh, Philadelphia, town of brotherly love and vision of William Penn: How far you have fallen!”
Are you done swooning?
Philly is coming up just fine. Our housing market is stable, money is being poured all over the city in improvements... University City looks great, Northern Liberties looks great... there is always lots to do and see!
It’s a great time to live here!
Obviously implants.....
Uhhhh! I mean transplants...
ping
No, what state?
Pennsylvania
I don’t think so. I was in Philidelphia for business. there was a baseball game that night so I went. I was amazed by the sea of ugly I found myself in.
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.
I lived in the Lehigh Valley during the late 80’s and early 90’s. I have been to Hazleton numerous times. Hirsute people everywhere.
You a “Strangers with Candy” fan?
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