Poor N'awlins just can't get a break. Despite being known as a city that knows how to party, it's been a target for several natural disasters, and was named by Sperling's Best Places as the country's unhealthiest city. If that wasn't bad enough, our survey says it's the ninth most humid city (hello bad hair!), Travel and Leisure ranked it the fifth least attractive, and Sperling's also placed it fifth worst for sleep.
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No. 2: Dallas, Texas
Sorry, Texas, but quite a few of your cities made undesirable lists. Dallas was perhaps the star of the show, having been named the third least attractive, the fourth fattest, the seventh highest in ozone pollution (run for your skin!), and one of the top 10 least fit and most stressful cities in America -- by five different sources. But Dallas wasn't alone; despite being glamour girl Beyonce's hometown, Houston came in second with a tendency toward bad hair and bad teeth (according to our surveys) and even more pollution -- plus it's also pretty close to Lyle Lovett's hometown. And we won't even get into the honorable mentions: San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and El Paso.
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No. 1: Detroit, Mich.
It was a tough call, but Detroit took the cake with the most sleepless nights, seventh lowest health and fourth worst fitness rankings in the U.S., plus high pollution (No. 9 in the U.S.) and high stress levels (No. 7). To make matters worse, Detroit and its surrounding area is home to quite a few "ugly" guys -- Jack White, David Spade and Kid Rock to name a few. (Sorry, we know some of you think Kid Rock is sexy but, uh � we just don't.)
To determine who's the ugliest of them all, we looked at many studies and opinion polls on said undesirable qualities, from our own surveys like the Eight Cities with the Ugliest Guys (which considers how much sex the locals might not be having) to sources like Travel and Leisure Magazine, the American Fitness Index, U.S. News and World Report, Sperling's Best Places, Gallup, Men's Health and Forbes.com. We also looked up the birthplaces and residences of the ugliest celebrities named by The Good Surgeon Guide, AOL and by us in our personal list of ugly celeb guys. (To those who say, "but that's just, like, your opinion, man," we say, "okay, celebrities are usually somewhat attractive ... but have you SEEN these people?")
Finally, we compared the results and picked the cities that got the most mentions across the board. Ready for the results? Sit back, relax and see which not-so-hot spots made the list. If you live in one of these towns, you may want to pack your bags, or at least stock up on some quality hair care and skin care products -- stat.
