AP/ March 5, 2009, 1:32 PM

Want To Get Macho? Move To Ohio

Guys have a reason to high-five in several Ohio cities, named some of the manliest places in America.

A new ranking says Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo make the top 10 for manliness based on criteria such as the number of major league sports teams, popularity of tools and hardware and frequency of monster truck rallies.

Nashville, Tenn., comes out on top in the study by Sperling's BestPlaces and commissioned as part of a promotion for Combos snacks made by Mars Snackfood US.

Charlotte, N.C., is second, followed by Oklahoma City and then fourth-place Cincinnati. Columbus is seventh and Toledo 10th.

Dayton is manly enough for 15th and Cleveland ranks No. 19.

New York City finished last out of 50 major U.S. metropolitan areas.


Manliest Places In America:

1. Nashville, Tenn.

2. Charlotte, N.C.

3. Oklahoma City

4. Cincinnati

5. Denver

6. St. Louis

7. Columbus, Ohio

8. Kansas City, Mo.

9. Indianapolis

10. Toledo, Ohio

11. Memphis, Tenn.

12. Richmond, Va.

13. Columbia, S.C.

14. Orlando, Fla.

15. Dayton, Ohio

16. Salt Lake City

17. Milwaukee

18. Minneapolis

19. Cleveland

20. Detroit

21. Jacksonville, Fla.

22. Phoenix

23. Birmingham, Ala.

24. Grand Rapids, Mich.

25. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.

26. Harrisburg, Pa.

27. New Orleans

28. Las Vegas

29. Pittsburgh

30. Philadelphia

31. Louisville, Ky.

32. Atlanta

33. Providence, R.I.

34. Dallas

35. Buffalo, N.Y.

36. Rochester, N.Y.

37. Baltimore

38. Boston

39. Houston

40. Seattle

41. Sacramento, Calif.

42. Miami

43. San Diego

44. Oakland, Calif.

45. Washington, D.C.

46. Chicago

47. Portland, Ore.

48. San Francisco

49. Los Angeles

50. New York
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GODSnLIBERALS says:
Tools, sports and monster trucks--not one mention of common sense and that all important dominant male determinant--A good job. What a joke of an article--hope this reporter gets laid off for writing idiot articles.
Posted by harbinger19 at 12:02 AM : Mar 7, 2009
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you have girly f@g all over your post..you pretty much gave yourself away..
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GODSnLIBERALS says:
Ever notice the overly-macho men have something to hide? Perhaps it's pink lace panties under their construction pants! Too macho or too fem can stay in Ohio....
Posted by cheetah-man7 at 5:09 AM : Mar 6, 2009
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that sounded pretty 6ay...so what else do you fantasize about construction workers??
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GODSnLIBERALS says:
top liberal cities..last on the list..suprise surprise
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harbinger19 says:
Tools, sports and monster trucks--not one mention of common sense and that all important dominant male determinant--A good job. What a joke of an article--hope this reporter gets laid off for writing idiot articles.
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BC Kelly says:
As usual, the comments are as much, or more, insightful than the original story


Some interesting definitions about what it means to be a Man

You follow the one you think is best

But as for me and my house

Think we'll stick with the one by Rudyard Kipling in " If "
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jimrebel44 says:
Hey, this New Yorker fishes-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyBJY-iaXTE

I got your macho right here!

Jim
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cheetah-man7 says:
Rather than the big one hitting California, nature is just trying to wash the scum from the southeastern states.
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Amen, Brother!
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honestabe8 says:
Rather than the big one hitting California, nature is just trying to wash the scum from the southeastern states.
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honestabe8 says:
dongo3: still stuck in 1950's south carolina?
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cheetah-man7 says:
It's wrong not to let the "fellas" in from California. They can't leave right now anyway because they're waiting to see if the liberal court is going to over turn what the voters want and let them live as man and man. I'm still waiting for the big one to hit California. One can only dream.
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It's YOU that I dream of........ Kisses to you, big fella!
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