Looking for attractive people? Don't go to...
Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:01 AM ET

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.

On Oct 23, 8:34 am, KD gmail.com> wrote:

Your own flat earther bathroom mirror.

Stop projecting, it's ugly!

On Oct 23, 9:14 am, maxo gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, that was even less apropos of nothing! (Sorry, folks, morbid
curiosity made me look at Maxo's reply even though I normally don't
read his posts.)

Anyway, I did a little Googling in reference to the article and found
some interesting stats on the rise of obesity, in Tennessee and
elsewhere. It's pretty alarming.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:30:05 -0000, KD gmail.com>
wrote:

OTOH, it *is* Wal-mart. When I feel in the mood to care about the
aesthetics of the people around me, I give Wal-mart a wide berth. I'm
not sure what the causation is (I would hazard a guess that cheap,
crappy food is in there somewhere) but for sure there's a corelation.

Rich

On Oct 23, 8:04 pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

I have no general problem with Wal-Mart, and the name brand items that
are sold there are the same as the name brand items sold elsewhere.
As to the plus sizes, I'd bet that Dillards, et al. are also selling
more plus sizes than in the past.

-KD

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:33:31 -0000, KD gmail.com>
wrote:

I have no general problem with Wal-mart either. Though the brand name
clothes sold there are often not the same as brand name clothes
elsewhere (This goes for other items also. I recall a recent article
about Wal-mart trying to convince a quality lawnmower manufacturer to
produce a downmarket version for their stores). My point is simply
that if one pays a visit to, for example Publix or even Target, the
people there are often a lot easier on the eye. Shallow, perhaps, but
there you go.

Probably. But to the same extent? I don't usually head into Dillards
unless I'm in the market for a shirt and then I'm fairly focused so I
haven't really paid much attention to the people in there. Then again,
I haven't seen many suits for sale in Wal-mart.

KD wrote:

On Oct 23, 10:11 pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

Interesting how many clothes I've bought at W-M and even from thrift
stores (going to thrift stores being a ritual I do with my sisters
when I visit home) which friends, family, and even complete strangers
compliment me on. A lot. I mean sometimes every time I wear the
article.

I think the clothes sold at W-M are a very good value (much much
better than at Target -- can't recall the last item of clothing I
bought at Target) and it's convenient for me to pick something up
there when I am shopping for groceries. If I want higher-end or
special clothes, I'll usually make it myself.

Yeah, W-M usually has a more interesting cross-section of shoppers
than certain other stores, but so what? They don't normally bother me
and sometimes they even make life more interesting.

-KD