
... if Census Bureau birth rates and A.C. Nielsen data on contraceptive sales are any indication. We've also factored in statewide birth and fertility rates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Amazon.com city-by-city sales of books about sex, and sales from several nationwide erotica outlets.
And here's what they say about Cambridge - who made #10 on the list:
10. Cambridge, Massachusetts.This academic hub, which houses both Harvard and M.I.T., is also the city with the most relationship savvy: 58 percent of its romantic Amazon.com purchases are books about relationships. Cambridge's lower-than-average birth rates kept it from earning a top spot on our list, but it's interesting to note that in 1991 Massachusetts became the first location to institute a statewide condom availability program in its high schools.
Some of our neighbors didn't fare so well. Providence, RI; Monteplier, VT, and and Manchester, NH made the bottom of the list.
PS. For those of you that want to know who made #1, it was Denver, CO.
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Bruno Afonso Said,
I'm sorry but I think this tells you that people in cambridge don't have a clue about relationships! :-)
Posted on 12/17/08, 1:27 AM
Dan Dan Said,
I'm moving to Denver!
Posted on 12/17/08, 11:56 AM