Got sports, meat, Nascar? Your city might just be a “manly” city

6th March 2009

Got sports, meat, Nascar? Your city might just be a “manly” city

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You know how Burger King seems to be pandering to a demographic of horny frat boys? Combos seems to have taken notice. As part of a marketing rollout for the snack food brand, Portland-based Sperling’s Best Places ranked the “manliest” cities in America.

How does one measure manhood? It’s simple, really. You simply calculate the number of major league sports teams, hardware stores, barbeque restaurants, and yes, the frequency of Nascar and monster truck rallies. Cities lost ranking points for emasculating frou-frous like the abundance of home furnishing stores, high minivan sales and subscription rates to beauty magazines.

According to a press release issued by Mars Snackfood, maker of Combos:

The manliest ranking comes as COMBOS(R) launches its Ultimate Man Zone Sweepstakes, an opportunity for guys to improve their favorite hangouts and win prize packages to upgrade their tailgating, grilling, home theater or gaming “zones.” And also thanks to COMBOS(R), women now know where to find the manliest men around.

My hometown of Cincinnati came in fourth in the study. Whew, thanks Mars and Combos! I was worried I lived in a city of pussies!

Nashville, Tenn. came out on top in the study, followed by Charlotte, N.C., Oklahoma City, Cincinnati, and then Denver. New York City, presumably, is home to a bunch of sissies — it finished last out of the 50 of the U.S. largest metropolitan areas. Check the press release to find out where to find your own manliest man around.

In other news, BusinessWeek ranked the Queen City No. 9 on a list of America’s unhappiest cities. Those rankings were based on such factors as depression and suicide rates, divorce rates, unemployment and job loss, crime and weather, but I’m sure it’s because all of Cincinnati’s pro-sports-loving, power-tool-wielding, barbecue-craving monster truck fans are in despair because their precious Bengals are just a bunch of losingest namby-pamby girly-men.

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1 On March 6th, 2009, Caitlin said:

New York City, presumably, is home to a bunch of sissies

Lols. Good luck telling them so, COMBOS (R).

posted on March 6th, 2009 at 1:59 pm

2 On March 6th, 2009, Bree said:

Baltimore, which is 30 miles away from my hometown, came in at 37. No surprise, as our city population is not the targeted demographic of NASCAR, monster truck rallies, and BBQ joints. And I kinda like it that way. *g*

posted on March 6th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

3 On March 6th, 2009, pennylane said:

Wow–San Francisco is more manly than NYC! And I’m surprised at how low Houston is on the list.

I can’t help but notice the correlation between “not manly” and places I’d like to live.

posted on March 6th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

4 On March 7th, 2009, katharineluvsopera said:

….Oklahoma City, for real number two.

It could just be because i go to a liberal arts school, but let me tell you there are no “manly men” to be found anywhere.
ha

posted on March 7th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

5 On March 7th, 2009, SilverSeraphim said:

This ran in my local paper as “Cleveland Needs To Man-up”. Honestly, when I first saw the headline I thought they meant there was a shortage of men in Cleveland. I guess it’s our lack of manliness, and not say, severe job loss and foreclosures that put us at No. 5 on the Unhappy Cities list

posted on March 7th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

6 On May 4th, 2009, howard busse said:

Seattle, Wash. 40

Noooo. That’s my old city.. place I’m at right now isn’t even ranked. I live with a bunch of pussies..

posted on May 4th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

7 On June 9th, 2009, Does this chainsaw come in pink? » The-F-Word.org said:

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posted on June 9th, 2009 at 6:35 pm