I'm not so sure I'd like my town to hold bragging rights to this title. I guess I'm just glad though, that I wasn't one of the judges. Must not of had enough spare time on my hands...........
One thing that did suprise me though, was a city in Alaska finishing 39th.
http://www.oldspice.com/pdfs/OS_Sweatiest_Cities.pdf
EL PASO NAMED THE SWEATIEST CITY IN AMERICA
IN THIRD ANNUAL OLD SPICE SWEATIEST CITY STUDY
CINCINNATI, June 16, 2004
In anticipation of the first day of summer, Old Spice today
announced its Third Annual Top-100 Sweatiest Cities List – a ranking of the nation’s heaviest
sweaters during the summer months. For the second time in three years, the No. 1
perspiration producer can be found in the Lone Star State, with El Paso, Texas taking the title
from last year’s top-ranking city of Phoenix, Arizona. In 2002, the top honor went to San
Antonio, Texas.
El Paso turned up the heat to jump to the top of the list after ranking No. 28 last year,
living up to its nickname “Sun City.” Located on the western border of Texas, the average El
Paso resident produced 1.09 liters of sweat per hour during a typical summer day in 2003
(more than three 12-ounce soft drink cans.) In a four-hour period, residents of El Paso
collectively produced enough sweat to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool.
In recognition of its top placement on the list, Old Spice will be delivering a year’s
supply of Old Spice Red Zone antiperspirant, the strongest form of wetness protection ever
made for guys, to El Paso’s mayor, Honorable Joe Wardy.
Cities in Texas and Florida continued to dominate the top-10, along with Phoenix and
New Orleans. For the first time, a city in South Carolina cracked the top-10, with Greenville
ranking No. 2. New Orleans returned to the top-5 after a one-year hiatus, placing a
respectable fifth in the study. The least sweatiest cities include Green Bay, San Diego and
Youngstown, Ohio. The complete list of the top-100 sweatiest cities follows, along with
where they ranked last year (in parenthesis).
2004 TOP-100 SWEATIEST CITIES IN AMERICA
Brought to You By the Sweat Experts at Old Spice
1. El Paso, TX (28)
2. Greenville, SC (43)
3. Phoenix, AZ (1)
4. Corpus Christi, TX (--)
5. New Orleans, LA (10)
6. Houston, TX (2)
7. Miami, FL (3)
8. West Palm Beach, FL (6)
9. Fort Myers, FL (5)
10. Las Vegas, NV (12)
11. Waco, TX (8)
12. Tampa, FL (7)
13. Dallas, TX (11)
14. Orlando, FL (13)
15. San Antonio, TX (4)
16. Mobile, AL (20)
17. Savannah, GA (15)
18. Austin, TX (9)
19. Shreveport, LA (14)
20. Tulsa, OK (16)
21. Charleston, WV (19)
22. Honolulu, HI (23)
23. Jacksonville, FL (21)
24. Tucson, AZ (24)
25. Jackson, MS (22)
26. Montgomery, AL (--)
27. Little Rock, AR (25)
28. Oklahoma City, OK (36)
29. Columbia, SC (33)
30. Memphis, TN (17)
31. Wichita, KS (26)
32. Fresno, CA (44)
33. Norfolk, VA (35)
34. Birmingham, AL (34)
35. Kansas City, MO (40)
36. St. Louis, MO (27)
37. Atlanta, GA (39)
38. Huntsville, AL (31)
39. Anchorage, AK (--)
40. Raleigh, NC (42)
41. Albuquerque, NM (46)
42. Chattanooga, TN (32)
43. Nashville, TN (37)
44. Springfield, MO (54 – tied)
45. Salt Lake City, UT (58)
46. Sacramento, CA (72)
47. Philadelphia, PA (50)
48. Washington, DC (41)
49. Virginia Beach, VA
50. Omaha, NE (49)
51. Louisville, KY (30)
52. Des Moines, IA (64)
53. Colorado Springs, CO (86 – tied)
54. Charlotte, NC (47)
55. Denver, CO (71)
56. Spokane, WA (98)
57. Knoxville, TN (48)
58. Minneapolis, MN (78)
59. Portland, OR (95)
60. Greensboro, NC (54 – tied)
61. Seattle, WA (99)
62. Evansville, IN (38)
63. New York, NY (65)
64. (tied) Richmond, VA (45)
(tied) Roanoke, VA (57)
66. (tied) Baltimore, MD (55)
(tied) Baton Rouge, LA (18)
68. San Francisco, CA (100)
69. Chicago, IL (73)
70. Lexington, KY (53)
71. Springfield, IL (60)
72. Indianapolis, IN (56)
73. Burlington, VT (93)
74. Albany, NY (91)
75. Milwaukee, WI (82)
76. Detroit, MI (75)
77. Madison, WI (89)
78. Hartford, CT (81)
79. Columbus, OH (51)
80. (tied) Cleveland, OH (76)
(tied) South Bend, IN (66)
82. Toledo, OH (67)
83. Syracuse, NY (86 – tied)
84. Grand Rapids, MI (83)
85. Providence, RI (79)
86. Dayton, OH (63)
87. Boston, MA (80)
88. Flint, MI (85)
89. Cincinnati, OH (59)
90. Pittsburgh, PA (74)
91. Asheville, NC (77)
92. Cedar Rapids, IA (62)
93. Portland, ME (97)
94. Los Angeles, CA (94)
95. Rochester, NY (87)
96. Buffalo, NY (90)
97. Fort Wayne, IN (--)
98. Green Bay, WI (92)
99. San Diego, CA (96)
100. Youngstown, OH (88)
Number in parenthesis indicates 2003 ranking