# Which Regions In The U.S. Have The Most Attractive Populations? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829 "2004-07-19T15:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/21 "2004-07-20T01:04:18Z")
Oh Hawaii, hands down. There is nothing more beautiful than a hapa or a poi dog. Mix all the gorgeous races of our planet and you get something so much better - lean, strong, naturally-tanned skin-toned beauties - men and women. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/22 "2004-07-20T01:46:28Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > New York City > > Partially because you get a constant influx of young hopefuls. > > But I think a big part is just that it’s one of the few places in the US where people actually _walk_. Just that simple. Silly, 😉 It’s not because we walk. Its because we spent all of our money on rent. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/23 "2004-07-20T01:56:02Z")
> [@PussyCow](#): > > Oh Hawaii, hands down. > There is nothing more beautiful than a hapa or a poi dog. Mix all the gorgeous races of our planet and you get something so much better - lean, strong, naturally-tanned skin-toned beauties - men and women. I have to agree. I grew up in Southern California and I was surrounded by hotties. Far more than I’ve ever met out here on the East Coast, but when I visited a friend of mine in Hawaii I was stunned. Just stunned. Nowhere else in the United States - possibly the world - comes close. Northern Virginia has some incredible hotties, too. Probably the best I’ve seen in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Much better than NYC. Ranking them I’d go: 1. Hawaii 2. Hawaii 3. SoCal 4. Phoenix 5. Miami 6. Northern VA 7. San Antonio/Austin 8. New York 9. Houston 10. Carolinas ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/24 "2004-07-20T05:24:10Z")
Pretty young ladies? Alabama. Next question. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/25 "2004-07-20T05:49:55Z")
I haven’t travelled a lot in the States, but I must say that I’ve found the girls in Washington state and Oregon, and Colorado to be much more attractive than the typical “California girl.” Nevada? Forget it. [/absurd generalization] ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/26 "2004-07-20T06:11:16Z")
Which ever region I’m in baby. _oh yeah_ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/27 "2004-07-20T14:50:05Z")
I’ve only been there twice but I’d like to nominate the ultimate Old Money college town – Boston. Of course every Millihelen of beauty probably cost thousands of dollars in clothes and surgery but it was worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/28 "2004-07-20T15:27:46Z")
I’d have to go with California if only because they have a proportionally larger population of Asians and Latinas. Hawaii would also be up there for similar reasons. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/29 "2004-07-20T21:42:58Z")
The West Coast (and Hawaii) seem to have an advantage due to the populations being more health consious than other parts of the nation, plus LA has it’s draw of beauties, natural and artificial. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/30 "2004-07-21T01:14:19Z")
For all of you claiming “The Carolinas”, I think you are forgetting that Fayetville’s NEGATIVE rating severly lowers the overall score. Maybe if you exclude that crap-hole, The Carolinas could at least be a contender. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/31 "2004-07-21T08:11:26Z")
A cite! [Travel and Leisure Magazine](http://www.travelandleisure.com/afc/pressrelease.cfm) did a city survey and one of the things they rated was attractiveness. San Diego, Honolulu and San Fransisco were top 3. I must say, the place where I saw the most attractive people was Hawaii. TONS of sleek, slender, toned young men playing in the waves :O ~~~~~~~ ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/32 "2004-07-21T11:57:49Z")
> [@miamouse](#): > > Silly, 😉 It’s not because we walk. Its because we spent all of our money on rent. Yeah but we don’t get those shapely New York legs just by not eating. You get that walking the six flights up to your overpriced apartment 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/33 "2004-07-21T16:16:32Z")
South Florida has more than its fair share of gorgeous young women from South America, especially Brazil (drool), and also lots of mixed-race girls from the Caribbean islands (double-drool). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/34 "2004-07-23T02:38:04Z")
> [@PussyCow](#): > > Oh Hawaii, hands down. > Mix all the gorgeous races of our planet and you get something so much better - lean, strong, naturally-tanned skin-toned beauties - men and women. Until they turn 30 and balloon up like a Sumo wrestler ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/35 "2004-07-23T02:46:43Z")
Well, for my money… Aldebaran’s great, ok. Algol’s pretty neat. But Betelgeuse’s pretty girls, my friends, will flat-out knock you off your feet. (Oh, _US regions_…) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/36 "2004-07-23T03:02:37Z")
My vote goes for the Denver metropolitan area, specifically Boulder. The women there aren’t hotties in a conventional sense, but rather attractive in an outdoorsy or earthy sense; little makeup, athletic and looking like they stepped off the pages of a Nike ad or camping supply catalog. The general lack of obesity in the region, especially Boulder, brings the average up. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829/37 "2004-07-23T04:06:51Z")
If we’re eliminating, I’ll say West Virginia isn’t pretty. It’s not so much that we’re one of the fattest states in the country. Fat people can be sharp, too. But girls around here don’t bother much with makeup or their hair, or clothes. Add to that that most of us (or it seems like “most”) are at least a good 50 lbs overweight and it just isn’t happening. The potential’s there, but they’re not bothering to work with it. The guys aren’t doing much better, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-regions-in-the-u-s-have-the-most-attractive-populations/255829.md?page=1)