Vote for Phoenix!
Travel and Leisure Magazine is holding its annual online survey for America’s Favorite Cities. Only twenty-five cities are listed to chose from. Between us, Greg and I have lived in five of these. My own hometown, Cleveland, isn’t in the running. Nor is the closest big town to where Greg grew up, Indianapolis. But he was raised in Danville, and Chicago is the nearest big Illinois city to where he grew up.
Last year, the only single-digit ranks that visitors gave Phoenix were a 9 for Weather (obviously those visitors weren’t here in March), an 8 in Shopping for Home Design, and a 6 for Relaxing Retreat. Number One for Relaxing Retreat last year went to Santa Fe. Well, apparently those voters weren’t in Santa Fe in August for Indian Market. Now really, just what is so relaxing about shopping, dining, gallery/museum hopping and Opera 24/7?
Anyway, that’s what visitors thought about Phoenix. We natives have a pretty similar point of view. Last year we ranked Phoenix in the top ten in four categories: 9 for Weather (we know the truth about August), two 8‘s — one for Sports Fan’s Vacation and the other for Attractive People — and we share the visitor’s sentiment that Phoenix is the sixth most Relaxing Retreat.
I hope the declining housing market we’re in doesn’t hurt our scores this year. If you want to vote in this year’s polls, just go to Travel & Leisure’s 2008 Survey of America’s Favorite Cities.
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