Wednesday, January 30, 2008

I Don't Know About This

According to a report on KXAN, Austin is one of the 20 most romantic cities in the United States. Based on what, you ask? Well, apparently Amazon.com compiled the list based on the sale of romance novels and relationship books. Austin is #18 on a list that includes Cambridge, Irvine, and Ann Arbor.

It doesn't take much in the way of critical thinking skills to see that they've drawn the wrong conclusion. If these cities were so damn romantic, why would people be buying romance novels and relationship books?

Seems to me, at least based on Amazon's criteria, this would indicate that Austin is actually one of the LEAST romantic cities in America, or one of the least romantically successful.

Or--and I'm going out on a limb here-- MAYBE people who live in Austin (and Cambridge, Irvine, and Ann Arbor) buy a lot of books from Amazon.com in general. But that doesn't make for a very sexy headline. . .
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3 comments:

No One said...

So...I could surmise from this that "romantic" is a euphemism for "not gettin' any", right?

5:51 AM, January 31, 2008
robyncz said...

Exactly what I was thinking. . .

5:57 AM, January 31, 2008
No One said...

And, for future reference, when I say "Do NOT click this link..."

5:47 AM, February 01, 2008

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