Least Attractive
Friday, September 12, 2008
The headline reads "Philly Ranks Last in Attractiveness for Second Year in a Row." Survey results, you know. People's opinions.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26657145
Can I ask you a question? What is the point of such a survey? What, in the end, does it mean?
10 comments:
Ok, I clicked over.
They are ranking attractiveness of people!!!! Come on.
Who makes up these polls?
But...I am from Austin which is number 3 :)
I love Philly - do you live there? We visited last summer (yes, King Tut). the giant heart and the mint and the old cemetery (name escapes me) are amazing.
They seriously rank attractiveness of people?
Ugh!
It borders on something fairly ugly, I think, this survey.
My grandparents lived in Germantown in a lovely row house that now has bars on the windows, which makes me sad. But I'll always remember it as wholly beautiful.
Melissa — totally agree with you! Ranking people's relative attractiveness? It's so worst-of-sixth-grade, or something.
PJ — Philly is my home. My sixth book is about here, the novel I'm finishing takes place here (100 years ago), my mother grew up here. And I know some fine and fashionable people who live here, though that doesn't matter as much as this: I know some fine people who live here!
Wow. I thought it was talking about the look of the city. I find it pretty amazing that someone went to the trouble to put together such a survey. Although the small positive mention of museums and historical sites makes me think I should visit someday. I'll have to add it to my list of spots to hit.
Wait a minute, I've heard about this supposed "survey" before! It ranked Los Angeles as the least friendly city, which is totally ridiculous. It also ranked LA as lowest on the intelligence scale which is completely...wait, what?
Anyway, so we're not smart, friendly OR good-looking? What's left, TIDY? AROMATIC? Come ON. Clearly these results were skewed by researchers wearing plaid bermuda shorts, velcro sandals, black socks and those clip-on sunglass things that flip up in front like crab eyes.
(Just to be clear, though, I'd like to point out that I live in Santa Monica. TOTALLY different place than Los Angeles. I can show you on a map.)
This is sick that people have nothing else better to do that they need to rate things like this.
I remember visiting my sister when she spent a summer interning at an architecture firm in Philly, and thinking how lucky she was--she lived in a beautiful area, the men were good looking and there was this awesome "farmer's market" in a huge building with some of the best food.
It seems like they chose some random big cities and ranked them based on no information. I love Austin, but why use it instead of Houston or Dallas, both of which are bigger?
Anna, you are hysterical! I keep thinking I'm going to see you on Last Comic Standing. Or—I don't know, on a Kathy Griffin special.
SaraBeth — I am so looking forward to reading your book. I've been having a bit of a topsy turvy time over here.
Vivian—You speak of the Reading Terminal. I LOVE that place.
Liviana—there you go, being smart again :)
Beth,
You hit the nail on the head. Survey results, people's opinions. Not the same as actual thoughts!
Tee hee...thanks, Beth! Someday when I have the opportunity to buy you a mojito, I will tell you my "Last Comic Standing" story. [shudder]
(Thanks for the comment on my blog...)
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