Men's Health basically says Baltimore is mediocre social networking backwater
We're No. 58! Men's Health magazine concocted its own ranking methodology for scoring the most socially networked cities and towns -- and Baltimore didn't do so hot. (Thanks to CityBizList for flagging this list.)
Our neighbor to the South, Washington DC, came in at #1.(Maybe that'll make up for the Redskins. Zing!)
But Baltimore came in at #58. Wassupwitdat?
Here are the top ten cities:
Most socially networked
1 Washington, DC A+
2 Atlanta, GA A+
3 Denver, CO A+
4 Minneapolis, MN A+
5 Seattle, WA A+
6 San Francisco, CA A
7 Orlando, FL A
8 Austin, TX A
9 Boston, MA A
10 Salt Lake City, UT A-
And here are the bottom ten (out of 100 total):
Least socially networked
91 Billings, MT D-
92 Fort Wayne, IN D-
93 Bridgeport, CT D-
94 Detroit, MI D-
95 Fresno, CA F
96 Bakersfield, CA F
97 Lubbock, TX F
98 Stockton, CA F
99 Laredo, TX F
100 El Paso, TX F
Personally, I think these lists are dumb link bait. I can't remember the last time I took one all that seriously. Please forgive me for writing this post. Carry on with your day.
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Comments
Looks like this list is less of a rating of social networking & more of a rating for how connected and how long they've been connected to high-speed Internet. (Although that is definitely connected to how prevalent social networking is.) - K
Posted by: Kate B | March 11, 2011 11:16 AM
They used MySpace and Friendster as some of their data sources.
Enough said.
Bwahahahahaha! -gs
Posted by: Scott Paley | March 11, 2011 12:31 PM
Also, if NYC is #53, behind Fargo, ND, well...
Pretty suspect.
Posted by: Scott Paley | March 11, 2011 12:32 PM
You have to call shenanigans on the list. For one thing, it is claimed that they utilized linkedin data. However, linkedin shows no distintion between Baltimore and DC. You could live in the Hereford zone and be in the same "area" as someone in Severn.
Posted by: Herbert | March 11, 2011 1:56 PM
I have no problems with my city being low on this list. I don't think this is something you'd want to be all that highly ranked on.
Posted by: Stoop | March 11, 2011 2:30 PM