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Old 06-17-2005, 03:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Never let 'em see you sweat!!

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
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Old 06-17-2005, 05:25 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It's somewhat surprising to see Arizona represented... yeah they get hot... but most other cities on that list it's the humidity that will kill ya -- Phoenix was just like an oven ... but dry heat, so I didn't get all that sweaty (I think it evaporated)

Alaska? Sweaty? Really?

San Diego has probably the nation's most perfect weather - -how'd t hat end up on this list...
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Old 06-17-2005, 05:39 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm really curious how you would measure something like this, not that I'd want to be involved.
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Old 06-17-2005, 06:27 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 06-17-2005, 12:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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you're up to #95 this year, pj...
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Old 06-17-2005, 12:35 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm really curious how you would measure something like this, not that I'd want to be involved.
According to the PDF in the original post...
Quote:
The ranking is based on the average U.S. male/female height/weight, and the average
high temperature and relative humidity levels for 2003 in each of the cities during June, July and
August. The sweat level was analyzed based on the assumption that the individual was walking
for one hour.
No direct sampling required, thank God.
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Old 06-17-2005, 01:48 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by uncle phil
you're up to #95 this year, pj...
I think if they would have measured last week, we'd be in the top ten.

Thank you Rheem..........
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Old 06-17-2005, 01:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I've lived in four of the top twenty, and also San Francisco. NO WAY SF could make this list - it's frickin' COLD there in the summer, due to the fog. They should list every city in Texas & Louisiana as tied for #1, then go from there.
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Old 06-17-2005, 03:29 PM   #9 (permalink)
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#53 !!! DANG I ROCK!!! .. brb putting some deodorant on..
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Old 06-17-2005, 03:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Aye, east texas and all of south Louisiana should just be top of the list on account of ignorant amounts of humidity. Considering New Orleans keeps getting #1 or so on the fattest city in the US I would figure they would take this contest no problem and does it count the fact that most cajun food *when made right* makes you sweat?
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Old 06-17-2005, 03:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I think if they would have measured last week, we'd be in the top ten.
We surely would have made it in NJ too - but no we don't even make top 100..
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Old 06-17-2005, 04:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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/me wonders what an ignorant amount of humidity feels like...
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Old 06-17-2005, 05:20 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Yay for Phoenix no longer being first!

/sweats through shirt walking from house to driveway
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Old 06-17-2005, 06:39 PM   #14 (permalink)
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/me wonders what an ignorant amount of humidity feels like...
It's an amount so bad that it makes you ignorant, hence the name.

My old home apparently isn't big enough to mention. Ft. Smith AR is about halfway between Tulsa OK (#20) and Little Rock AR (#27). Now I'm in a much less sweaty place (#28 OKC OK).

I was damn hot today, in a metal box of a van with the sun shining down and the heat index at 102. I stink so bad that you can smell me UPWIND.
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Old 06-17-2005, 06:55 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Old 06-17-2005, 09:05 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Damn, I'm in 59. I can't believe it. Oh wait, yes I can. Weeks of high ninety with no storms, and the humidity!

I can't take it! Let's just skip ahead to September.
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Old 06-17-2005, 09:18 PM   #17 (permalink)
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We surely would have made it in NJ too - but no we don't even make top 100..
Yea i was wondering about this too. The sunlight hitting all that pavement sure kicks up the temperature in the summer.
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Old 06-18-2005, 05:17 AM   #18 (permalink)
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i only went to about 65 and then started to scroll quickly. gotta say im suprised seattle is at 61 with no Hawaii (ofcourse i may have overlooked it)
I just cant see seattle being all that bad. in the summer its just dry with hardly any humidity and winter its just wet and cold.
and whats the mayor goin to do with all that old spice? especially if he doesnt like it? throw it from his house or give it away at reelction things?
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Old 06-30-2005, 07:57 AM   #19 (permalink)
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heh, i'm shocked SC cities didn't rank in the top 10 tillthis year...i think that's just bc they avoided testing it every other year...
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