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America's Best- And Worst- - 11/27/2008 11:53:08 PM

Colonel Lawrence

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The Thanksgiving thread with visits to soup kitchens and bottle of ’45 Mouton, got me thinking about the good ol’ US of A: it seems to have the very best of things, and the very worst.
So why not have a thread on just that.
I’ll start with America's Best- And Worst-Paying Jobs:
“The medical profession continues to dominate the top end of our list of the 25 best- and worst-paying jobs in America. Anesthesiologists have flipped places with surgeons to take the top spot, but the next eight places are firmly in the healing hands of various sorts of specialist practitioners.”
That’s why we have so many Docs I guess?

And the worst – “Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food”. But I guess we sort of knew that.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/04/jobs-careers-compensation-lead-careers-cx_pm_0604jobs.html

And brought to you by the people from Axe:
America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating:
And Seattle’s only 5th
Best Cities for Dating
1.    Austin, TX
2.    Colorado Springs, CO
3.    San Diego, CA
4.    Raleigh/Durham, NC
5.    Seattle, WA
Interesting Facts from the Top Ten
“Large cities that everyone associates with socializing, like Los Angeles and Miami, did not rank particularly high, scoring lower in categories like coffee shops per capita and flowers bought as gifts,” said Bert Sperling, president of Sperling’s BestPlaces.
“But cities like Austin (No. 1), Colorado Springs (No. 2) and Ann Arbor (No. 8) were not a complete surprise – they are heavy-populated college towns and it’s easy for young singles to get together.”
1.    Austin, TX: Taking home the grand prize, Austin scores relatively high in everything, from frequency of dating partners to the number of establishments to meet people. Austin also has the highest percentage of 18-24-year-olds and knows how to have fun as they spent more money out socializing than any other area. Austin residents also had the highest expenditures on alcohol purchased away from home.
2.    Colorado Springs, CO: Ranks in the 99th percentile for socializing at bars and also scores high in the dining out category
3.    San Diego, CA: Scores high in the diversity index, which rates the likelihood of randomly meeting someone of a different race or ethnicity, and, of course, San Diego is off the charts when it comes to outdoor recreational opportunities
4.    Raleigh Durham, NC: Has a large 18-24-year-old population and a high amount of online daters in the area
5.    Seattle, WA: No surprise here - Seattle has the largest amount of coffee shops (great places for meeting people or gathering to rehash the previous night’s activities). It also has the highest percentage of online daters.
Worst Cities for Dating
1.    Kansas City, MO
2.    Wichita, KS
3.    Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
4.    Detroit, MI
5.    Louisville, KY
Better Luck Next Time
Below are some of the reasons that large cities like Detroit, Atlanta and Houston bottomed out in the study.
·         18-24 population: Pittsburgh (overall No. 73 ranking) and Detroit (overall No. 77) are among cities with the lowest number of 18-24 year olds
·         Percentage of Singles: Charlotte, NC, (overall No. 71) is among the cities with the lowest percentage of singles
·         Latte, Anyone?: Wichita (overall No. 79) and Greensboro (overall No. 75) are among those cities that are home to the least number of coffee shops per capita, leaving few good places for young people to converge and trade stories after a fun night out
·         Remove Earplugs: Louisville (overall No. 76) scores low in the concert category; apparently the tour buses are not making a habit of stopping and rocking in Louisville
·         Necklaces and Bracelets and Rings, Oh My: Two of the cities where jewelry is least often bought as a gift are Detroit (overall No. 77) and Minneapolis (overall No. 78)
·         Ooo la la!: Houston (overall No. 72) is among cities with the least amount of lingerie shops per capita
·         Behind Bars: Atlanta (overall No. 74) is among the cities with the least amount of hot new bars, leaving young singles looking for places to meet potential hook ups

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/28/2008 5:29:02 PM

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Seems a worthy spot for my 100th post ...

As a single guy in Austin, I should be excited about living in the #1 city for dating.
However, maybe I spend too many hours (70+ per week, not including call time) at my "highly lucrative" job as an Interventional Cardiologist. Reimbursements continue to decline at a striking rate, now for (I think) the 12th straight year. I spent the "doc-com" boom years of medicine in training and on active duty (military) with a fixed income. While physician income still ranks highly, it comes at an increasing personal cost. It will be very interesting to see what develops over the coming years.
Seems to me the CEOs are getting the mega-bucks nowadays ... with no performance requirements necessary.

I love my job, but occasionally wonder what I would be doing if not this. I love to cook, and maybe would have ended up in that world.
Maybe that's "food" for another thread ... if we could do it over again, what (if anything) would we choose?

TC

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/28/2008 6:17:37 PM

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Say what you will for the worst of America -

I'll vouch for the country that gave us CellarTracker!

Who's gonna top that?

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/28/2008 7:09:16 PM

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Boy, fingers, that is so rightous!

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/29/2008 4:50:41 AM

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And Robert Parker Jnr

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/29/2008 5:05:11 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Colonel Lawrence

And Robert Parker Jnr

Amen.

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/29/2008 6:27:32 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: fingers

Say what you will for the worst of America -

I'll vouch for the country that gave us CellarTracker!

Who's gonna top that?

It is an undeniable truth that this is without doubt the best thing to come out of the US in the last 8 years.

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/29/2008 10:04:07 AM

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ORIGINAL: pjaines

It is an undeniable truth that this is without doubt the best thing to come out of the US in the last 8 years.

Hey now Paul, don't close the polling that quickly... there have also been the contributions to international cuisine

What wine would pair would pair well with this, obviously a red...

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/29/2008 10:18:06 AM

annerk

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Why oh why did I click on that link?

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/29/2008 7:14:43 PM

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ORIGINAL: annerk

Why oh why did I click on that link?

Sorry Anne, but your response did elicit quite a chuckle. I guess that could make the best and the worst category all in one...Colbert on the Best, the topic on the worst...

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/30/2008 4:03:29 AM

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You can safely click on this link -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27958458/
L.

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RE: America's Best- And Worst- - 11/30/2008 4:32:07 AM

annerk

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That's a nice story. I'm sure a lot of them were able to pay off their mortgage and still have enough left for a nice bottle of wine to celebrate!