Portland is only the fifth most pretentious American city

[santeesioux]

http://globenewswire.com/news-relea...-Cited-as-Most-Pretentious-American-City.html

 

[julius]

On the one hand, I'm a little miffed that Portland is more pretentious than Shittle is...but on the other hand, it just means Portland is better than Shittle.

 

[ripcityboy]

Only the 5th? We can do better! Where is your civic pride!

 

[oldmangrouch]

The only thing pretentious here is the author of that drivel.

 

[PDXFonz]

Lol the criteria.

The number of Whole Foods per capita. The higher the concentration, the more pretentious.The number of Walmart stores per capital. The lower the concentration, the more pretentious

The number of yoga studios per capita. The higher the concentration, the more pretentious.

 

[BrianFromWA]

^ I was about to make the same observation. How pretentious are you, if you think that WalMart vs. Whole Foods is the bastion of pretention? And what's wrong with small business? Art galleries, and people talking about poetry and philosophy are the mark of pretention?

I mean, per-capita high-end restaurants with booked-in-advanced waitlists and snobby maître d's would be a mark of pretention. A high ratio of per-capita spending on sporting team tax breaks vs. education would be a mark that you take yourselves too seriously as a civic institution. Ratio of # of lootings vs. # of peaceful protests would show the opposite: that you don't take your city very seriously. Ratio of private to public university attendance. Stuff like that.

 

[jlprk]

Most American beer snobs are in the Pacific Northwest, and we should be very proud.

Blazer fans rank only #4 at being the worst spellers on NBA comment boards. We could be #3 if we just tried.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/11/nba-fan-base-grammar-rankings-grammarly
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...h-fans-worst-in-NBA-for-spelling-grammar.html

 

[BrianFromWA]

Most American beer snobs are in the Pacific Northwest, and we should be very proud.

Blazer fans rank only #4 at being the worst spellers on NBA comment boards. We could be #3 if we just tried.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/11/nba-fan-base-grammar-rankings-grammarly
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865640714/Jazz-notes-Spellcheck-anyone-Utah-fans-worst-in-NBA-for-spelling-grammar.html

Minny only wins b/c the software spellchecker can't find errors on pictures. Especially of genitalia. And that's even counting Zach Harper, who's almost the only writer over there not in the "hot garbage"/"dumpster fire"/"Clorox in the eyes" category.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

^ I was about to make the same observation. How pretentious are you, if you think that WalMart vs. Whole Foods is the bastion of pretention? And what's wrong with small business? Art galleries, and people talking about poetry and philosophy are the mark of pretention?

I mean, per-capita high-end restaurants with booked-in-advanced waitlists and snobby maître d's would be a mark of pretention. A high ratio of per-capita spending on sporting team tax breaks vs. education would be a mark that you take yourselves too seriously as a civic institution. Ratio of # of lootings vs. # of peaceful protests would show the opposite: that you don't take your city very seriously. Ratio of private to public university attendance. Stuff like that.

In fairness, the definition of pretentious is "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed." By that definition, I would tend to agree that their criteria is valid.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

We're #5!! We're #5!!

 

[BlazerWookee]

"Developed by a team of data scientists..."

Oh, the irony...

 

[jlprk]

If we rank #1 as Beer City, then naturally we should rank #5 on the Pretention Index. In fact, I'm pissed off that we rank only #5. We should OWN the Pretention Index, just like we own the Beer City ratings year after year.

https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/best-beer-cities-in-america

 

[jlprk]

By the way, here's a ranking of the worst pussy beers.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/top-10-craft-beers-for-pussies-6524075