Comments on: Another Chance To Win A T-Shirt: Help Us Name The Ten _flossiest Places To Live

By: Kmanpat

Kmanpat — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:35:12 +0000

So I hate to double post, but besides correcting my spelling (city is spelled wrongly above) I was reminded of another thing that makes St. Louis _flossy. TRIVIA NIGHTS!

That’s right, we are home to the largest number of trivia nights at least in the states. Basically, you pay to sit at a table with seven of your closest friends and answer ten rounds of ten trivia questions of varying categories. Top teams win prizes, and much fun is often had be all. In peak season, you can find as many as a dozen different ones in a weekend, making The mental_floss quiz seem horribly undaunting.

OK, I think I’m done. :)

By: Kmanpat

Kmanpat — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:05:27 +0000

_flossiest city? Saint Louis, Missouri.

Home to no less than 30 colleges and universities, this city has smarts like you wouldn’t believe. Plus, we have the mathiest structure of all time: the Gateway Arch, a 630 foot catenary in all of its aluminum glory. Plus, it makes St. Louis the only sity with an easy to carry handle.

St. Louis is home to lots of culture, including an outdoor sculpture park, museums that include tributes to art, history, dogs, transport and toys, a science center, a zoo, and a botanical garden. And, in the _flossiest move of all, if you time it right, you can get into all of them for FREE. We even have an outdoor theater, the largest in the country, in which you can see shows for FREE. Cultured and intelligent we are!

Plus, I agree with the nominations of Portland OR, and Minneapolis MN. :)

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:34:55 +0000

I’ve lived in Buffalo, Troy, Syracuse, and Binghamton, which makes me something of an upstate NY connoisseur. I’d heartily endorse Buffalo for all the reasons mentioned by Laura and Kristen, and add that real estate is stupid-cheap.

Binghamton, Syracuse, and Troy, while rocking places circa 1890, not so much.

By: ~k

~k — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:31:42 +0000

Seattle, flossiest by far.

In addition to the aforementioned Fremont Festival (naked-but-for-body-painted bikers), Seattle is home to alt-weekly The Stranger and radio station KEXP. Entertaining intelligentsia requires good programming, and the public television station in Seattle (KCTS) knows how to mix it up, too! Throw in the proliferation of Utilikilts (Bumbershoot festival, anyone?) and the highest concentration of pierced/inked professionals I’ve ever encountered and people-watching becomes a thing of beauty. When you tire of gawking (at the folks, at the mountains, or at the water)you can pop into Archie McPhee to pick up some wind-up hopping lederhosen or a devil duck or two to provide further distraction.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:39:05 +0000

I was hoping someone would mention Ithaca! Good on you, Megan. You CANNOT beat a late summer day in Ithaca, NY…

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:52:48 +0000

It’s got to be Los Alamos, New Mexico–home of Los Alamos National Lab. We used to have the highest number of PhD’s per capita–not sure if that’s still true. I’m sure there are tons of interesting things for the flossy people to do here, but most of it is classified information to which I’m not privy. People here are proud of their titles, for example “Director of Polymers and Coatings”. One good non-classified activity is totally ignoring the anti-nuclear protests we occasionally get.

When I was in college, I couldn’t figure out why the professors all made a big deal out of being called “doctor” because where I came from, PhD’s were a dime a dozen.

By: Marianovsky

Marianovsky — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:35:07 +0000

Oxford, UK.

Everything comes from there (like the Cambridges) and it is pretty close to London and not nearly as expensive

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:34:29 +0000

I have to give a nod to my place of live/work/play, namely that of Decatur, GA. As the flourishing literary epicenter of the south, Decatur is a small town with huge intellects-we’re chock full of art galleries, fine restaurants, and two extremely well-done independent bookstores, one of which, Wordsmiths Books, is the largest in the state. The walkability of our community is the highest of any in the state.

By: Pat S.

Pat S. — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:30:00 +0000

I gotta throw a recommendation out for D.C. We’ve got the politicos doing their thing, the consultants, the non-profs (as a sans-profit guy myself I have to say we’re an eccentric overeducated crowd), great food, museums, great bike trails (hop on the capital crescent trail and tell me you don’t feel like you’ve completely left the city), you’ve got the preppiness of georgetown, the drunkeness of adams morgan, the gay chic of DuPont, and a bunch of other great neighborhoods. And hey, the president lives next door love him or hate him.

By: Mike Shelby

Mike Shelby — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:09:28 +0000

Gotta be Salt Lake City. We’ve got a Mayor not afraid to call for impeachment, take on Hannity and O’Reilly, lead a demonstration when GWB was in town, and host a winter Olympics games.
Architecturally, one of the most beautiful libraries in the world serves the inquiring minds of residents. We are the capitol city of the only theocracy in the U.S.A., and those of us who are not members of the dominant religious persuasion are certain that those who are desperately need a giant MentalFloss.
‘Nuff said.