It’s all because we left, you know
2007 October 22
Utter balderdash, really. I mean, I can think of oh, at least half a dozen really attractive people in Philly.
I think it’s all a plot to keep Philadelphia a secret. And I say, well done. Keep it up. I’m planning on moving back* and we need to keep house prices low so that I can.
*Obviously not imminently, but sometime in the future. Hell, why not?
Years ago (college), I recall a conversation with a boy where we both bemoaned the lack of attractive people on our campus. I remember saying to him, “every so often, I see an attractive person on campus, but then I don’t see that person again. So I suspect those random attractive people are actors hired by the admissions department to spruce the place up and increase enrollment.” But of course, we hooked up, so clearly we found each other attractive enough. And really, in terms of raw material, the people at my school were as attractive as people elsewhere, we just didn’t try very hard (i.e. we were grungy).
I live in a “chubby, unattractive” city according to a lot of these surveys and while I don’t disbelieve them, I never see all these unattractive people around. I wonder, are they asking residents? Because while I don’t doubt that Miami is awash in pretty people, I think the people of Miami believe themselves to be prettier than other people (whether they actually are or not) and I think people in the cities with lower ratings tend to assume that more attractive people must live in other cities because (like myself in college) none of us is trying that hard. So it isn’t that the people of Philadelphia are less attractive than the people of San Diego, it’s that the people of Philadelphia have higher standards than the people of San Diego.
When I watched the movie “Invincible,” the thing that really struck me was how ugly Philadelphians were depicted in that movie. Every person in the bar where Vince Papale hung out was among the ugliest people I had ever seen. And I remember thinking that people who saw this movie would think that Philadelphians were the ugliest people on earth.
I think it is Invincible’s fault. Really. Because we Philadelphians are hhhoooootttt.
Balderdash, indeed! Philadelphians sizzle!
Hmm, they must never have been to Polk County, Florida. All I’m sayin’
Sssshhhh. Don’t tell anyone, but Melbourne Australia is full of fabulous looking people. Especially my suburb….
It’s just that our film industry is so awful that no one ever willingly goes to an Australian movie, so our good looks are an undiscovered secret..
SO you think you moving is what changed the public perception?
Could be. I know within a year after I moved from Abilene, Texas three things happened:
The very profitable CompUSA where I worked closed
The Joann Fabrics store that I frequented closed
And the supermarket I visited almost exclusively sold out.
We just never realize how important we are to a community, now do we?
Yeah, just who were those questionnaire respondents anyway? Obviously they were 60,000 disgruntled former residents of Philadelphia who were unable to get a date while they lived here.
Poor dears. I smile sadly and benignly at their vengeful little machinations.