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Kirzania Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 From the article: "Our fifth annual listing of America's Best Cities for Singles ranks 40 of the largest metropolitan areas in six different categories: [...] cost of living alone and coolness." [...] "18. Columbus and 38. Kansas City." Excuse me whilst I :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 My secretary is from KC. She said it should be ranked 41, even though they only ranked 40. Since Houston ranked 3 slots ahead of Dallas (yet, one below DETROIT), does that mean we are cooler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Actually, it's Dallas/Ft. Worth.Did the cities merge?Even those two combined can't beat Houston!Pretty funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Actually, it's Dallas/Ft. Worth.Did the cities merge? Even those two combined can't beat Houston! Pretty funny! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If it wasn't for Ft Worth, no telling where they'd have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Actually, it's Dallas/Ft. Worth. Did the cities merge? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't you get the memo? I was talking with my uncle about something similar to this. He said he'd heard that Louisville ranked above Houston as far as "Best City for Singles (to Meet Other Singles.)" You can never trust these things because where does the study draw its limits? Is it only Houston or Louisville downtown? If so, then of course both are great for singles because families don't necessarily live in downtown. They live in the sprawl. Nowadays, the surrounding areas of Louisville are "Louisville Metro," which encompasses many suburbia family dwellings. Houston sprawl moreso. If only they posted the details of their findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Didn't you get the memo? I was talking with my uncle about something similar to this. He said he'd heard that Louisville ranked above Houston as far as "Best City for Singles (to Meet Other Singles.)" You can never trust these things because where does the study draw its limits? Is it only Houston or Louisville downtown? If so, then of course both are great for singles because families don't necessarily live in downtown. They live in the sprawl. Nowadays, the surrounding areas of Louisville are "Louisville Metro," which encompasses many suburbia family dwellings. Houston sprawl moreso. If only they posted the details of their findings. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Let's be real here. If they told you how they came to their conclusions, would it make it better? I mean, this is FORBES, telling us where to meet singles, based on COOLNESS...Forbes?...Coolness? What the hell does Forbes know about coolness? And why should we care? I think the author of the list tells more than anything. I can't wait for James Dobson's list for best singles cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 No wonder I'm still single. I'm in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 No wonder I'm still single. I'm in Houston.No, you are just on the Internet too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 So is everybody else these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 No, you are just on the Internet too much! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Houston is ranked 26th in "Culture"??? I'd sure like to know who is ranked above us!And just what the hell does "Coolness" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Houston is ranked 26th in "Culture"??? I'd sure like to know who is ranked above us!And just what the hell does "Coolness" mean?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It means "We at Forbes are desperately trying to attract a younger demographic, and some nitwit convinced us that using the word 'coolness' in a bogus survey might do the trick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Houston was ranked 6th for it's nightlife, which seems pretty cool! As a matter of fact, we weren't ranked worse than 26th in any category, which is encouraging.http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/3/2422.htmlBut Austin? Out of the 40 biggest cities, they were ranked 39th in Cost of living, and 37th for nightlife (Salt Lake City has a better nightlife than Austin according to this)? I thought Denver was partly ranked #1 because of it's college population. Doesn't Austin have UT and 6th Street? And how can Austin be ranked so low for cost of living and nightlife, but be #1 as the coolest city in America, #1 for singles, and #2 for job growth?http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/3/2384.htmlDid I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Salt Lake City has a better nightlife than Austin according to thisWell, you know how those Utahans like to party and raise hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 This list, like many others, has bad research and subjectiveness written all over it. If this is an example of how Forbes researches its other articles, I wouldn't bet my 401(k) on its advice.The quotes under each city are hilarious. Some idiot said Ft. Worth still runs cattle through downtown, as if a rancher does that, as opposed to the tourist stunt that it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 That reminds me of the black tie cattle auctions they used to have at the Shamrock Hilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Here's an easy, quick look at the top 20 rankings in terms of culture, nightlife, singles, job growth, living cost and coolness: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/3/Rank_1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Just shows even more how stupid and unresearched this is. Austin's nightlife is 37th...out of 40 cities? If culture includes museums, art galleries, symphony, opera, etc, Houston is 26th?Frankly, this is the worst one of these lists I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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