Posted on 03/07/2009 10:35:25 AM PST by Andy'smom
"The rankings were determined using 50 of the largest metropolitan areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau, which includes a central city and the surrounding county (or counties). Each metro area received a manliness rating between 0 and 100 based on how well it performed in each of the study's manly categories. Factors used to determine the manliest city rankings included the number of U.S.-made cars driven in the city, number of sports bars and BBQ restaurants, number of home improvement and hardware stores as well as manly salty snacks consumption. All data was adjusted by the current population of the cities to arrive at "per capita" figures, providing an accurate comparison between cities of varying sizes."
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Nashville, eh? Home of Lightning 100...
Certainly fooled me with the music that's been comin' out of there lately.
Don't know if this criterion is definitive, however:
number of home improvement and hardware stores
Depends on the store. After all, everyone knows only a pansy shops at Home Depot.
Baloney! The manliest city is the one I’m in at the time. If these people want to know manly, they need to get in touch with me.
How about “Percentage of children living in the same home with their biological fathers”?
I was out sanding my deuce and a half Army truck today. You had to scrape the testosterone off me with a putty knife. Wait, that was sanding dust.
Got up this morning and ate enough trans-fats and cholesterol to fell a horse (Tennessee Pride sausage, eggs with yolks, plenty of butter with biscuits). After a cold shower with harsh soap I put my unfashionable clothes and steel-toed boots on, marched outside and adjusted the sights of my AR-15 on the punks’ car playing “brrrrrm brrrrrm brrrrrm”. They found they had pressing business elsewhere.
Noticed that a cardinal keeps crapping down my Chevy truck door while feuding with his mirror reflection. That’s a bird, not a demented official from the Catholic church. Let him live, too. Understanding instinctual retardation is a manly trait. Well shucks - cardinals are “purty”.
Attached seat belts because getting shredded through windshield’s for squids. I’d have a six-point NASCAR rig if I could afford it. NO accidents in 30 years but that one idiot is always lurking around the next corner. Took care of errands while trying to keep the charm factor down - always aware of people waiting in line. Humble, too.
Picked up a gourmet pizza and found an excellent Tennessee wine (Stonehaus Davenport Red) to accompany it. Once a week I break my economic habits and splurge because a life of total denial isn’t worth living. Tennesseans are pretty aware of pumping their money back into the local economy when possible.
Back home I thanked God for these things and that Muslims and illegal aliens aren’t living near me anymore. I also thanked Him that there are very few “For Sale” signs in my area and my cool landlady hasn’t raised my rent in three years, that I had enough money saved to survive unemployment during this downside and that we still have the freedom to express ourselves through great sites like this one. Amen.
“Factors used to determine the manliest city rankings included the number of U.S.-made cars driven in the city, number of sports bars and BBQ restaurants, number of home improvement and hardware stores as well as manly salty snacks consumption.”
Silly.
Good suggestions! Others:
Number of Boy Scout/Cub Scout units, and percentage of adult participants.
Number of fathers actively supervising their children’s education, with extra points for homeschools/private schools.
I’m very fond of trucks, and construction/maintenance skills are very important. Hunting, fishing, and shooting are great, too. However, in my opinion, the distinguishing characteristic of a real man is that he’s a responsible leader in his family, workplace, church, and community. Trucks and activities are tools of leaders, if used well, not the point themselves.
Well said. We've got a subculture of boys who try to outdo each other with "who's got the hugest truck". Watching them trying to climb into them is almost as funny as watching a droopy britches ghetto boy trying to run from the police.
They wear rural, like their dip and cheap liquor. Most have no clue about history, prefer rap to music and think Obama's the One. If I could get away with it I'd give them a matching Skoal ring that doesn't fade.
My daughter took auto shop in college last semester, and she had some of those boys with big trucks in her class. She said most of them were Republican, though: someone had told them why gas was so expensive!
I call B.S. on Minneapolis.
I live in the city, it’s not manly. There’s nothing but twig men on fixed gear bikes rolling about here. They must have included Saint Paul in the survey. It’s a very common mistake for people who aren’t familiar with the area and the concept of a multipolar metro area.
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