City of friendly folks ranks high in surveys in 2 travel magazines
The results are in and it turns out Charleston is still pretty great.
The city once again finished near the top of Conde Nast Traveler magazine's
readers' choice awards, which were released last week. This year the Holy
City is No. 3, behind San Francisco and New York, though it has long bounced
around the top 10 or so slots.
At the same time, some similarly interesting and inane statistics were
released by the folks at Travel + Leisure magazine: the results of its
online survey to find "America's Favorite City." The magazine asked people
to rank 25 U.S. destinations in a disparate bunch of categories, from BBQ to
clubbing, luxury-boutique shopping to underground arts scene. It culled some
60,000 responses from the end of April through mid-July.
According to the folks who take the time to do these things, Charleston has
the friendliest people. And it finished No. 2 for shopping, second only to
New York. Charleston also grabbed the second slot for architecture and
notable buildings, antiques and pedestrian-friendliness. And the city
finished No. 3 in the "Attractive People" category, for what that's worth,
edging out the fine folks of Austin, Texas.
On the downside, the Holy City got poor marks for its clubs, live music and
"singles scene." And it finished almost at the bottom of the list with
respect to gay friendliness.
Check it out at
www.travelandleisure.com/afc
— it's no sillier than half the other stuff online.
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