study: Houston has some of the stinkiest people in America (school, live)

[texas7]

Hey smelling like a human with no deodorant or anti-perspirant is a big deal for Matthew McConnahey and Brad Pitt but somehow American's still love em'. Yes - I know Matthew's last name is majorly mispelled.

[tstone]

I'm sorry but you cannot convince me that the European level of stink is just lack of deodorant. It's a lack of a whole lot more on the hygiene front.

[Kandy]

Sorry. My bad. I'll go hit the showers.

New Chamber of Commerce Slogan: Houston - It stinks to live here

I love it!

~K~

[jfre81]

Don't worry, I'm spreading the aroma to Austin as you read. We'll have competition soon enough.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by glorplaxy

Thoughts?

Thoughts? Insulted that anyone would refer to this or any of these pop-culture articles as a "study."

[glorplaxy]

Originally Posted by AK123

Thoughts? Insulted that anyone would refer to this or any of these pop-culture articles as a "study."

It was a study but you probably neglected to read through it.

Is it true? I don't know. i was just asking for people's thoughts on this.

The study was done on numerous factors, such as weather, rate of smokers, and others. You can look at the original link to see how they came up with this list.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by glorplaxy

It was a study but you probably neglected to read through it.

Is it true? I don't know. i was just asking for people's thoughts on this.

The study was done on numerous factors, such as weather, rate of smokers, and others. You can look at the original link to see how they came up with this list.

I know exactly what it is. It's being used as bait right now in the city-vs-city forum where they love to bash on Houston & Texas.

And no, I still don't call it a "study" any more than I'd call that "fattest cities" list from Men's Cosmo Magazine a "study." Maybe my standards are just a tad high for what a real "study" should consist of and be carried out because of my grad school training and line of work... I didn't mean it as a personal swipe against you if it came off that way.

[Spade]

Another worthless "study". Every time I see the word "study", I just move on and take it with a grain of salt.

[SteveArmy]

Maybe they were refering to the BS. And houstonians cant smell their own BS

[AlfredB1979]

Originally Posted by hsw

Regions where middle-income taxpayers have modern HVAC at homes/offices/restaurants; drive everywhere in own climate-controlled car; and have garages convenient to offices, restaurants, etc prob have least odor issues, no matter weather

NYC is easily stinkiest population in US, as even affluent (those earning >$1MM/yr) use mass transit/cabs daily and often live in old (perhaps historic and charming to the smelly) dumps w/weak HVAC....not unlike the allegedly important and civilized cities of Europe or Japan, where odors are aggravated by often higher rates of smoking

Poor and homeless probably smell equally bad anywhere in world

Now, that I can get, since many people live in 60 sq ft "apartments" smaller than our closets and pay about what an average Houstonian pays for rent on a 2/2 apartment here...just to say that live in Manhattan. Let's shower where we also wash our dishes. YUM!

I don't get how H-town falls into this since we're also allegedly really fat (you know, because a survey back in '02 says we have a lot of fast food joints per capita, so we're lined up out the door at all of them), which means the hotter nine months of the year, we are sitting inside with the AC running full blast.

So, we eat a lot and we don't bathe. Sounds like someone decided to write a story about our panhandlers. Well, I take that back. Most of them do not live under the nearest overpass or bridge...many of them live pretty comfy as well, I can imagine. Though, I give the panhandler over here at Telephone and Bellfort credit that I almost hit that was in the turn lane for some reason. It was rather dark out and he was still doing his thing.