How Americans Stereotyped 16 Big Cities Around The Country
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Reputation is everything. That's especially true in America, a country where tourists spend $166 billion annually, lured by the image of the American lifestyle, according to The Atlantic.
But what is the image we have of our own biggest cities? Real estate listing site Movoto wanted to find out. They organized an online survey that got more than 13,000 responses from across the nation.
The survey presented people online with one of the 16 biggest cities in America, based on population density, and asked a range of questions about their perceptions of that city — from how clean they thought the city was to how easy they thought it would be to "get laid" there.
Respondents ranked cities on a scale of 1 to 4, and the cities with the highest percentage of 3s and 4s, compared to overall responses to a category, won that superlative. Los Angeles got a lot of love, while people tended to have a poor opinion of Detroit, which lost nearly every category. Below the results, you can check out all the cities that were in the running.
Most Fashionable
Winner: Los Angeles (88.5%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (87.9%)
Least Fashionable: Detroit (42.7% thought it was fashionable)
Most LGBT Friendly
Winner: Los Angeles (82.6%)
Honorable Mention: San Francisco (80.2%)
Least LGBT Friendly: Detroit (42.1% thought it was LGBT friendly)
Most Hipster
Winner: Los Angeles (76.3%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (74.2%)
Least Hipster: Detroit (40.5% thought it was hipster)
Best Food
Winner: New York City (87.9%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (87.3%)
Worst Food: Detroit (55.6% thought it had the best food)
Craziest Sports Fans
Winner: Boston (79.1%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (78.7%)
Least Crazy Sports Fans: Washington, D.C. (53.9% thought it had crazy sports fans)
Cleanest City
Winner: Seattle (80.6%)
Honorable Mention: Tampa - St. Petersburg (79.8%)
Dirtiest City: Detroit (30.7% thought it was clean)
Best Personal Hygiene
Winner: Seattle (78%)
Honorable Mention: Dallas - Fort Worth (75.5%)
Worst Personal Hygiene: Detroit (37.6% thought its population had the best personal hygiene)
Most Intelligent
Winner: Seattle (83%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (81.6%)
Least Intelligent: Detroit (47.9% thought it was intelligent)
Worst Traffic
Winner: New York City (70%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (62.9%)
Best Traffic: Seattle (35.9% thought it had the worst traffic)
Friendliest City
Winner: Seattle (77.2%)
Honorable Mention: Minneapolis - St. Paul (74.6%)
Least Friendly City: Detroit (37.6% thought it was friendly)
Most Attractive Women
Winner: Los Angeles (87.6%)
Honorable Mention: Miami (84.3%)
Least Attractive Women: Detroit (47.7% thought it had the most attractive women)
Most Attractive Men
Winner: Miami (78.3%)
Honorable Mention: Los Angeles (78.2%)
Least Attractive Men: Detroit (43.9% thought it had the most attractive men)
Easiest City For Men To Get Laid
Winner: Detroit (52.3%)
Honorable Mention: Atlanta (48.7%)
Hardest City For Men To Get Laid:
Seattle (39.2% thought it was easy for men to get laid here)
Easiest City For Women To Get Laid
Winner: Detroit (53.3%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (51.7%)
Hardest City For Women To Get Laid:
Minneapolis - St. Paul (39.5% thought it was easy for women to get laid here)
Highest Sexual Promiscuity In Men
Winner: Los Angeles (79.2%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (78.2%)
Lowest Sexual Promiscuity In Men:
Minneapolis - St. Paul (58.9% thought men here had high sexual promiscuity)
Highest Sexual Promiscuity In Women
Winner: Los Angeles (80.8%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (76%)
Lowest Sexual Promiscuity In Women:
Minneapolis - St. Paul (54.4% thought women here had high sexual promiscuity)
Here's a list of the 16 cities involved in the poll, followed by the number of people who responded to questions about them.
Atlanta - 1,236
Boston - 1,093
Chicago - 654
Dallas-Fort Worth - 884
Detroit - 1,005
Houston - 846
Los Angeles - 795
Miami - 691
Minneapolis-St. Paul - 718
New York City - 1,096
Philadelphia - 700
Phoenix - 658
San Francisco - 700
Seattle - 678
Tampa-St. Petersburg - 696
Washington, D.C. - 614
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-city-stereotypes-2014-2
But what is the image we have of our own biggest cities? Real estate listing site Movoto wanted to find out. They organized an online survey that got more than 13,000 responses from across the nation.
The survey presented people online with one of the 16 biggest cities in America, based on population density, and asked a range of questions about their perceptions of that city — from how clean they thought the city was to how easy they thought it would be to "get laid" there.
Respondents ranked cities on a scale of 1 to 4, and the cities with the highest percentage of 3s and 4s, compared to overall responses to a category, won that superlative. Los Angeles got a lot of love, while people tended to have a poor opinion of Detroit, which lost nearly every category. Below the results, you can check out all the cities that were in the running.
Most Fashionable
Winner: Los Angeles (88.5%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (87.9%)
Least Fashionable: Detroit (42.7% thought it was fashionable)
Most LGBT Friendly
Winner: Los Angeles (82.6%)
Honorable Mention: San Francisco (80.2%)
Least LGBT Friendly: Detroit (42.1% thought it was LGBT friendly)
Most Hipster
Winner: Los Angeles (76.3%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (74.2%)
Least Hipster: Detroit (40.5% thought it was hipster)
Best Food
Winner: New York City (87.9%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (87.3%)
Worst Food: Detroit (55.6% thought it had the best food)
Craziest Sports Fans
Winner: Boston (79.1%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (78.7%)
Least Crazy Sports Fans: Washington, D.C. (53.9% thought it had crazy sports fans)
Cleanest City
Winner: Seattle (80.6%)
Honorable Mention: Tampa - St. Petersburg (79.8%)
Dirtiest City: Detroit (30.7% thought it was clean)
Best Personal Hygiene
Winner: Seattle (78%)
Honorable Mention: Dallas - Fort Worth (75.5%)
Worst Personal Hygiene: Detroit (37.6% thought its population had the best personal hygiene)
Most Intelligent
Winner: Seattle (83%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (81.6%)
Least Intelligent: Detroit (47.9% thought it was intelligent)
Worst Traffic
Winner: New York City (70%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (62.9%)
Best Traffic: Seattle (35.9% thought it had the worst traffic)
Friendliest City
Winner: Seattle (77.2%)
Honorable Mention: Minneapolis - St. Paul (74.6%)
Least Friendly City: Detroit (37.6% thought it was friendly)
Most Attractive Women
Winner: Los Angeles (87.6%)
Honorable Mention: Miami (84.3%)
Least Attractive Women: Detroit (47.7% thought it had the most attractive women)
Most Attractive Men
Winner: Miami (78.3%)
Honorable Mention: Los Angeles (78.2%)
Least Attractive Men: Detroit (43.9% thought it had the most attractive men)
Easiest City For Men To Get Laid
Winner: Detroit (52.3%)
Honorable Mention: Atlanta (48.7%)
Hardest City For Men To Get Laid:
Seattle (39.2% thought it was easy for men to get laid here)
Easiest City For Women To Get Laid
Winner: Detroit (53.3%)
Honorable Mention: Chicago (51.7%)
Hardest City For Women To Get Laid:
Minneapolis - St. Paul (39.5% thought it was easy for women to get laid here)
Highest Sexual Promiscuity In Men
Winner: Los Angeles (79.2%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (78.2%)
Lowest Sexual Promiscuity In Men:
Minneapolis - St. Paul (58.9% thought men here had high sexual promiscuity)
Highest Sexual Promiscuity In Women
Winner: Los Angeles (80.8%)
Honorable Mention: New York City (76%)
Lowest Sexual Promiscuity In Women:
Minneapolis - St. Paul (54.4% thought women here had high sexual promiscuity)
Here's a list of the 16 cities involved in the poll, followed by the number of people who responded to questions about them.
Atlanta - 1,236
Boston - 1,093
Chicago - 654
Dallas-Fort Worth - 884
Detroit - 1,005
Houston - 846
Los Angeles - 795
Miami - 691
Minneapolis-St. Paul - 718
New York City - 1,096
Philadelphia - 700
Phoenix - 658
San Francisco - 700
Seattle - 678
Tampa-St. Petersburg - 696
Washington, D.C. - 614
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-city-stereotypes-2014-2
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Damn Detroit.
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detroit cant stop losing
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I feel like this is a low key detroit bashing thread
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The mfs who were surveyed clearly never met a redskins fan, them mfs is crazy as ? lol
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so @kai
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So basically they asked a bunch of white people and they said the blackest city in America is also the ? worst dressed, ugliest, most slutty women the worst cooks and the dumbest. Im sure thats not them being racist at all
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ReppinTime wrote: »So basically they asked a bunch of white people and they said the blackest city in America is also the ? worst dressed, ugliest, most slutty women the worst cooks and the dumbest. Im sure thats not them being racist at all
I don't know if you can say that. If that was the case, Detroit should have split with DC and ATL in some of those areas since they are at least as much known for being Black cities as Detroit is. I think Detroit just has a bad reputation as a city. If Detroit was still the city it was back when Motown was big and the auto industry was still healthy, I doubt it would be looked at as lowly even though it was largely black back then too. You got to remember, Detroit was basically turned into the poster child for cities falling into decay. -
damn they straight up shittin on detroit
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Whats up with all these back handed numbers
Detroit was voted most ? (but they had a nice football stadium)
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »ReppinTime wrote: »So basically they asked a bunch of white people and they said the blackest city in America is also the ? worst dressed, ugliest, most slutty women the worst cooks and the dumbest. Im sure thats not them being racist at all
I don't know if you can say that. If that was the case, Detroit should have split with DC and ATL in some of those areas since they are at least as much known for being Black cities as Detroit is. I think Detroit just has a bad reputation as a city. If Detroit was still the city it was back when Motown was big and the auto industry was still healthy, I doubt it would be looked at as lowly even though it was largely black back then too. You got to remember, Detroit was basically turned into the poster child for cities falling into decay.
And you think its coincidental that the countrys blackest city has been made the poster child for everything wrong with american cities
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Damn Detroit!!
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Low promiscuity in men and women in MSP. Damn I gotta get the ? outta this state. The biggest hoes are in the MSP and they ain't even that big of hoes according to this compared to other cities.
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LA stay killin NY..
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Meh...
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Detroit is about to be the new Cleveland in a minute.
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Damn if I was from Detroit I would ? myself if I wasnt dead already
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Louisiana food >
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? out my city kai. Fake ass detroiter
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Why Detroit gotta have the worst personal hygiene?
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New York pizza sucks Chicago by default hahahahaha
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Note to self.....Detroit isnt ? .