"Cities were downgraded, naturally, for having too many home furnishing stores, high minivan sales and beauty-magazine readers." This is why all the larger cities are at the bottom. From a simple #'s standpoint, larger cities will have higher numbers in virtually any imaginable category. Houston is bigger than Dallas so of course it'll have more minivan sales. Plus mostly women buy minivans ...so how is that an indicator? How many minivans are registered to men? That's more interesting. But also, it would have to be a % of the population ...not just a total. Using totals is r****ded. You learn the first week in Stat101 that totals are useless for comparisons.
written by the same guy that does the "best places to live" lists, huh? Remind me to ignore any other lists these people make. Combos? Manly? That is the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time... and looking at the list, you can tell whatever the criteria were, they weren't accurate in forming the list.
Manliness, Nashville-style: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yj4LnfkdJDM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yj4LnfkdJDM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Well, the manliest city is the 8th most depressing one, too... woo hoo : http://realestate.msn.com//slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=18184152>1=35000#9
