...DON'T GO TO PHILLY. (This is pretty harsh...but at least Cleveland isn't on the list!!!)
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - 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 DC 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.
.:NEW SPICE GIRLS SINGLE "HEADLINES "FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS)" Not that I expected a musical masterpiece from them, but this is kinda....well...reaaaaaaalllllly boring. Who wrote/produced this? Why didn't they get in touch with T-Pain or Timbaland for the love of god? If anything, it's good music to fall asleep to.
What do you think? **Be warned, this will be 4 minutes of your life you can't get back.**
If you thought you were having a bad day, at least you're not Paris Hilton getting booed at the prestigous (LOL) "SCREAM AWARDS." It made me feel better after witnessing the Tribe choke over the weekend and the fact that I had a dentist appointment at 7 AM this morning (a.k.a. the freakin' crack of dawn UGH) Enjoy!
What a crappy way to end the ALCS. While I'm a diehard Indians and overall Cleveland sports freak, I'm really sick of hearing "hey there's always next year", aren't you? Yeah we support our teams through thick and thin, but these guys need a big fat dose of TOUGH LOVE. Plain and simple, our guys choked in the clutch. You could see it clear as day in the final games of the series when it counted - they were stiff, nervous, clumsy, and looked like a little league team taking on the varsity squad. It was embarrassing. The managing wasn't much better, especially in Game 7 with the aspect of "all hands on deck" (when it came to pitching) being totally ignored.
Yes, I'll root for them always - but I do think they need some heat put on them more so than any kind of coddling. They need to play with a chip on their shoulder and the desire to have something to prove to us AND themseleves. Let's not kid ourselevs, there are no guarantees when it comes to next year or the year after or the year after that and on and on. If we want a championship team in Cleveland in our lifetime, we need to be as vocal as we can be when it comes to expecting the best from our teams...and not being motherly with a pat on the back and an "awww you'll get them next time" mentality.
Anyway, go Rockies. I hope they wipe that cocky smirk off of Josh Beckett's face and make Manny's bat as cold as Pronk's.
