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Advocate Magazine ranked the 15 gayest cities in the country, according to seven criteria. I'm not too sure about their criteria, but link and top 5 rankings follow anyway.
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Post by ziggyandthemonkeys on Jan 16, 2010 19:35:41 GMT -5
Considering a large amount of the possible point total is from number of gay movies in the top 25 netflix rental I wouldn't call this the most accurate list. Still an interesting scan, though.
As I said, I'm don't necessarily agree with their selection criteria but I'm passing along their findings anyhow.
Another curious thing: the "gays on local dating sites" criteria. They calculated the proportion of "male for male" profiles on cities' online dating sites, but they did not include (possibly did not perform?) a similar count of "female for female" profiles.
DVD rentals I kind of understand, but think got weighted too heavily. I don't know if Madison's necessarily any gayer because I rented Brokeback Mountain with my ex. Probably wouldn't help their case that heterosexual relations occurred during the course of watching that film.
Post by questionablesanity on Jan 18, 2010 8:56:04 GMT -5
I can't believe that my home base made the list. There is a huge gay movement here. I love it, makes for interesting people out on the street all of the time.
A Thieve's Parade 2/24 Conspirator 2/26 Kevin Smith 3/11 Keller 3/17 Papadosio 3/18 JJ Grey 3/25 Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer 3/26 Toubab Krewe 3/27 O'Death 4/11 Budos Band 4/22 EOTO 4/28 Summer Camp 5/6-29 All Good
Post by crazykittensmile on Jan 18, 2010 12:53:16 GMT -5
14. San Diego Why San Diego when L.A. is so close? (The question almost answers itself.) San Diego has always been more bi-friendly, mellower, less snooty, and a place to which L.A. gays frequently escape. Black’s Beach is a famous nude sunning spot, and there’s even an annual gay rodeo.
Post by Lawn Gnome on Jan 18, 2010 15:17:16 GMT -5
This article is a bit dated, but it outlines Richard Florida's thesis that gay tolerance (i.e. the Gay Index) correlates positively and is statistically significant with high-tech spending and economic development.
Post by nitetimeritetime on Jan 18, 2010 18:12:56 GMT -5
Interesting article, LG. When I saw this thread, my first thought was that 3 of those cities, Madison, Bloomington, and Iowa City, have excellent creative writing programs at their universities. That kind of fits with this quote from the article:
Florida says there's no cause-and-effect relationship between a gay population and high tech. He says the gay population is simply a marker for a diverse environment that fosters creativity and innovation
Maybe not causation, but apparently a pretty strong correlation.
Post by Lawn Gnome on Jan 18, 2010 18:15:56 GMT -5
^Definitely. His thesis is not without its criticism (I myself don't buy all of his assertions), but he does back it up with numbers. Read his book "The Rise of the Creative Class," or at least check out his tables in the back of it (esp. if you're a stats junkie)...
Madison probably fits the high-tech criteria too... Epic, Raven, Sonic Foundry off the top of my head, definitely more than that. I know there's a gay techie in my usual Bonnaroo posse.
I can't believe that my home base made the list. There is a huge gay movement here. I love it, makes for interesting people out on the street all of the time.
Totally agree. The Pride Film Fest is coming up and I try and volunteer. Fun time straight or gay. Bloomington also made it as number one in most gay friendly small town to visit.
Post by questionablesanity on Jan 19, 2010 9:31:48 GMT -5
Clato, I went with insidejoke last year to FARM to eat just before the film fest started. They had the roller derby girls out in the streets. Good times.
A Thieve's Parade 2/24 Conspirator 2/26 Kevin Smith 3/11 Keller 3/17 Papadosio 3/18 JJ Grey 3/25 Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer 3/26 Toubab Krewe 3/27 O'Death 4/11 Budos Band 4/22 EOTO 4/28 Summer Camp 5/6-29 All Good
A friend of mine is the tourism director for the city/county and they are all over The Advocate's touting of Bloomington. I'm pretty proud of it myself!
