# Do you live in a "Manly" city? I do! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423 "2009-03-05T19:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/21 "2009-03-05T23:25:45Z")
> [@](#): > > The men of Oklahoma City know how to snack with gusto. Their city owns the highest purchase rate of salty snacks, such as COMBOS®. Does manly just = fat, now? And, really, no one loves salty snacks like ravenous PMSing females. I’d expect all the manliest cities to be in Florida/America’s Wang. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/22 "2009-03-05T23:26:59Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Where’s the manly list? Is it after the redneck list? I just guffawed. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/23 "2009-03-06T00:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Each metro area received a manliness rating between 0 and 100 based on how well it performed in each of the study’s manly categories. Factors used to determine the manliest city rankings included the number of U.S.-made cars driven in the city, number of sports bars and BBQ restaurants, number of home improvement and hardware stores as well as manly salty snacks consumption. All data was adjusted by the current population of the cities to arrive at “per capita” figures, providing an accurate comparison between cities of varying sizes. Hmmm… consumption of salty snacks a criteria for manliness in a survey sponsored by a salty-snack making company? Plus, as far as I can tell, those pink Cadillacs the Mary Kay salesladies drive are U.S.-made cars and counted in the total. I’m WTFing over the entire concept of “manly cities”. Is there going to be a ranking of “womanly cities”? What’s the criteria going to be for that? I reckon if it’s sponsored by Combos (which, by the way, are so nasty the company shouldn’t even be in business, much less sponsoring superfluous surveys), it will be consumption of salty snacks… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/24 "2009-03-06T00:30:04Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > How is Cincinatti, OH in the top 5? Yeah right, “The Queen City,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/25 "2009-03-06T00:31:09Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I’d expect all the manliest cities to be in Florida/America’s Wang. But it’s soft. ---
**Author:** ![vintageloveletter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@vintageloveletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vintageloveletter)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/26 "2009-03-06T00:33:57Z")
Well, I used to live in Manly, New South Wales. So, ha! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/27 "2009-03-06T01:09:55Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > How is L.A. less manly than San Francisco? OK, you guys have a football team. Is homicide rate and gang activity a criteria? Of course, we are #48 and #49, so I guess it’s just quibbling. And it’s that quibbling that drops you a point. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/28 "2009-03-06T01:51:29Z")
Wait, Boston ranks higher than Houston? Damn it all, I may have to move to Montreal. JRB who’s a girl and ain’t a big fan of the manly ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/29 "2009-03-06T02:41:18Z")
Minneapolis at #18 is a little surprising, but Chicago at 46 is downright unbelievable. The City of Big Shoulders and “da Bearss” at 46? Odd. Then again, I’ve seen the Bears play. Maybe they’re right. ---
**Author:** ![NadaHappyCamper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/30 "2009-03-06T02:51:32Z")
is this ,“bert sperling,” the man behind the best places to live study, a relative to cy sperling, president of ,hair club for men?" nadahappycamper ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/31 "2009-03-06T03:29:17Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > And it’s that quibbling that drops you a point. 😉 Technically, it’s not the quibbling, it’s the choice of the word ‘quibbling’. If it was ‘fighting’, they’d be higher up the ladder. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/32 "2009-03-06T05:28:53Z")
Manly city hell, I live in a manly state. Every major Ohio city is on the list. that explains my 2 chain saws and 6 power drills. Ar Ar Arrr. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/33 "2009-03-06T06:08:47Z")
I guess Ohio is more manly than I thought. Three in the top ten, and five in the top twenty. I always thought Ohio was more emo than manly. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/34 "2009-03-06T06:15:00Z")
At 49 out of 50, we’re less manly than San Franciso. Gah. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/35 "2009-03-06T06:19:57Z")
Well, I saw Manly Peak at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/36 "2009-03-06T14:42:24Z")
You’ll find quite a widespread "Manly"sub culture across working class U.K.,it involves speaking in an unnaturally gruff voice,exaggerating your local accent,swearing alot, pretending an excessive interest in football,swapping a lot of abusive banter with your mates (To show that you’re not gay)pretending to have been in lots of fistfights and feigning extreme callousness about other peoples suffering(but not children,you want to be seen as a rough diamond with a heart of gold) Also pretending that you’ve been involved in various sorts of crime can be useful and of course having tattoos. If challenged on why, if you’re such a hard case, you’re not in Iraq or Afghan killing foreigners you must say that NOBODY gives you orders EVER. Do NOT say that you are (A) scared to leave your hometown and mum or (B) scared crap less of being hurt or killed. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/37 "2009-03-06T16:34:31Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > And it’s that quibbling that drops you a point. 😉 Heh. Plus Santa Barbara is as Los Angeles as Utica, NY is Manhattan. Please. I did find the bottom three to be pretty amusing. 1. San Francisco, Calif. 2. Los Angeles, Calif. 3. New York, N.Y. I also find it funny that their definition of manly seems to include NASCAR enthusiasm, monster truck rallies, and Cheetos consumption. They could just as easily rename this “50 Douchebaggiest Cities.” And what’s so manly about owning a US made vehicle? Nothing says man like a Ford Taurus? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/38 "2009-03-06T17:24:34Z")
> [@vintageloveletter](#): > > Well, I used to live in Manly, New South Wales. So, ha! Hee - was waiting for someone from Australia to post. ---
**Author:** ![unstrung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a698b9/32.png) [@unstrung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unstrung)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/39 "2009-03-06T19:28:15Z")
What the hell? How did we get beaten by Orlando? We’ve got way more rednecks, they’ve got way more Disney. This thing is rigged, I tell ya… ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423/40 "2009-03-06T21:30:18Z")
Clearly the makers of this list have never been to San Francsico. Bear attacks aside (and it doesn’t count if there’s no mauling), this city is about as manly as the French Mistake. New York my ass… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-manly-city-i-do/488423.md?page=3)