Home Sweet Home?
by Brian Pierce • Oct 23rd, 2007 at 11:20 am •
It turns out my current city of residence, Washington, D.C., is home to the least fun and the second ugliest people of any of the top 25 American cities. But, hey, at least we’re the fourth smartest and most worldly. Plus the monuments and museums. All this according to a survey of tourists in Travel & Leisure.
My heart, of course, lies in Chicago, where residents can brag about their great food and spectacular skyline (though not much else, as it turns out).
Also of note: Chicagoans tend to rank their city much higher than the rest of the country, while those no-fun D.C. residents tend to rank themselves lower.
Just something fun to poke around on.
Comment by JayBandit on 23 October 2007 at 12:27 pm:
Pretty Cool.
I was happy to see that the nation ranked Chicago #1 for pizza and sports vacation…the only two things in life I care about….haha.
Comment by Augur on 23 October 2007 at 2:21 pm:
It also seems like the women in DC are strangely tall.
Comment by tet on 23 October 2007 at 2:34 pm:
No, Augur, it’s just that you’re strangely short.
Tom
Comment by Augur on 23 October 2007 at 3:36 pm:
I’m the same size everywhere Tet, plus I’m taller than your lithuanian ass.
The girls here wear taller shoes, but also the tend to be taller. Maybe the tall bitches look to power date more.
Comment by Jon on 25 October 2007 at 12:58 am:
Chicagoans and Bostonians seem almost shockingly arrogant about their city. I haven’t visited Boston yet (will do so in a few weeks and decide for myself) so I can’t argue one way or the other when it comes to Bostonian pride, but I would say Chicago residents have a fairly sensible self-concept. It’s hard to blame them for being endlessly proud; all things considered, Chicago is the best of the three largest cities in the country. And I’m from STL so I’m sort of supposed to hate the Chi.
D.C. couldn’t possibly have that healthy of a self-concept because so many of its residents do not consider it their hometown. It’s a city packed with young professionals, many of whom never had any intention to remain there long-term. There should be some sort of 3/5 clause for carpetbagging respondents in D.C. who still aren’t over their city of origin. Cheap! Most lifelong D.C. residents I’ve talked to have a pretty high opinion of the district. Augur, remember that lady at the crystal store in the D.C. mall? Born and raised here, and she can’t seem to get enough of it.