Salt Lake City Ranks 1st Among “Most Superficial Cities in America”

https://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10716177.htm

Not sure if this was already discussed - I couldn't find any past threads on it

utahjazz107 said:

https://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10716177.htm

Not sure if this was already discussed - I couldn't find any past threads on it

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So this is based purely on the amount of time people spend on an online dating profile of a potential date. I think there are a few things that speed things up here in Utah, or at least allow people to quickly eliminate prospective dates. If the person is LDS they scan for confirmation that the other person is LDS. If they aren't...move on. It goes both ways. If I'm looking at a dating profile and the person makes a big deal of being LDS...move on. Since half of the people can be eliminated almost immediately we can whip through those profiles pretty quick.

Gameface said:

So this is based purely on the amount of time people spend on an online dating profile of a potential date. I think there are a few things that speed things up here in Utah, or at least allow people to quickly eliminate prospective dates. If the person is LDS they scan for confirmation that the other person is LDS. If they aren't...move on. It goes both ways. If I'm looking at a dating profile and the person makes a big deal of being LDS...move on. Since half of the people can be eliminated almost immediately we can whip through those profiles pretty quick.

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Yes that could be a realistic possibility, but don't these websites already have filters based on religion? Additionally, in the article itself it says:

"The website also polled a sample of 853 Salt Lake City-based members (500 males and 353 females) and asked to rank which of the 20 total qualities in an online dating profile they valued most when browsing. Salt Lake City’s top five determining factors (in order of importance) were Profile Picture, Occupation, Income, Body Type, and Age."

So even if religion is a factor, it isn't a top 5 factor for most SLC based members. I think these top five factors are incorporated into their conclusion about SLC being the most superficial city.

I donno about superficial, but I read a while back that SLC was the most vain city in the world based on the "# of plastic surgeons/1,000 people".

Any1 remember that boobie billboard on I-15 a year or so back?

utahjazz107 said:

Yes that could be a realistic possibility, but don't these websites already have filters based on religion? Additionally, in the article itself it says:

"The website also polled a sample of 853 Salt Lake City-based members (500 males and 353 females) and asked to rank which of the 20 total qualities in an online dating profile they valued most when browsing. Salt Lake City’s top five determining factors (in order of importance) were Profile Picture, Occupation, Income, Body Type, and Age."

So even if religion is a factor, it isn't a top 5 factor for most SLC based members. I think these top five factors are incorporated into their conclusion about SLC being the most superficial city.

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You could be right. I worked with a guy who was going through a divorce and he was active on the online dating sites. He said most of the women sounded like they were ordering a pizza with their requirements for a prospective date. He was a short guy so seeing most women insisting on a 6ft+ guy was frustrating for him. It'd be like guys saying they'll only date someone with a D-cup and size 4 or smaller waist. Maybe guys do say stuff like that on their profiles, but from the women I saw they were really looking like shallow bitches.

My dad is a single adult on the prowl and I feel sorry for him. There are only crazy people that are single in Utah. Especially once they hit 40. I bet if you took all the single people over the age 40, and gave them a psych eval, they would all be eligible for admission to mental hospitals.

scootsy said:

I donno about superficial, but I read a while back that SLC was the most vain city in the world based on the "# of plastic surgeons/1,000 people".

Any1 remember that boobie billboard on I-15 a year or so back?

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I remember UVU once had a conference about this. I'm not sure if I believe it. As I remember the stats they had were questionable. I could easily see an inaccurate survey done to prove their hypothesis. And to be honest, the eyeball test helps me out the most. I just don't see it. Every one in a while I see some fake girls on Facebook. Sometimes at Jazz games. But when you go to the mall or around town, I'm just not seeing it.

Gameface said:

You could be right. I worked with a guy who was going through a divorce and he was active on the online dating sites. He said most of the women sounded like they were ordering a pizza with their requirements for a prospective date. He was a short guy so seeing most women insisting on a 6ft+ guy was frustrating for him. It'd be like guys saying they'll only date someone with a D-cup and size 4 or smaller waist. Maybe guys do say stuff like that on their profiles, but from the women I saw they were really looking like shallow bitches.

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Fake hair, fake tans, fake nails, fake boobs.... and they say they want a real man.

The Thriller said:

I remember UVU once had a conference about this. I'm not sure if I believe it. As I remember the stats they had were questionable. I could easily see an inaccurate survey done to prove their hypothesis. And to be honest, the eyeball test helps me out the most. I just don't see it. Every one in a while I see some fake girls on Facebook. Sometimes at Jazz games. But when you go to the mall or around town, I'm just not seeing it.

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Eh... I agree with you somewhat. I do see alot of fake boobs.

Link: https://www.forbes.com/2007/11/29/plastic-health-surgery-forbeslife-cx_rr_1129health.html

Well the whole religious people being stupid and a lot of plastic surgery kind of tie in together, no?

I don't know how shallow that makes people. Most people are initially attracted to their partners from externalities, such as physical appearance, status, etc. We are all liars if we deny that a physical attraction or an attraction to perceived security is important. But what happens after you meet the person is usually the deciding factor in long-term relationships, and after a while you learn to look beyond external cues. But even then, that initial attraction is still important and almost always comes into play in selecting a potential partner. It is called human nature. I really doubt there is anyone single that would realistically walk up to random women in a mall asking them a 20 question survey about their beliefs, intelligence, moral stance, and overall personality, all while completely ignoring how they look and all other external cues under the pretense of looking for the best "person" to avoid being shallow. Something kicks it all off, and usually it is based on what we can see about an individual. So online you can't see them, but you are programmed to want to see them. It isn't strange or shallow at all really imo. Stupid "study".

LogGrad98 said:

I don't know how shallow that makes people. Most people are initially attracted to their partners from externalities, such as physical appearance, status, etc. We are all liars if we deny that a physical attraction or an attraction to perceived security is important. But what happens after you meet the person is usually the deciding factor in long-term relationships, and after a while you learn to look beyond external cues. But even then, that initial attraction is still important and almost always comes into play in selecting a potential partner. It is called human nature. I really doubt there is anyone single that would realistically walk up to random women in a mall asking them a 20 question survey about their beliefs, intelligence, moral stance, and overall personality, all while completely ignoring how they look and all other external cues under the pretense of looking for the best "person" to avoid being shallow. Something kicks it all off, and usually it is based on what we can see about an individual. So online you can't see them, but you are programmed to want to see them. It isn't strange or shallow at all really imo. Stupid "study".

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Salt Lake City’s top five determining factors (in order of importance) were Profile Picture, Occupation, Income, Body Type, and Age."

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Well the fact that there isn't a single personality trait quality listed in the top 5 is kind of shallow.

green said:

My dad is a single adult on the prowl and I feel sorry for him. There are only crazy people that are single in Utah. Especially once they hit 40. I bet if you took all the single people over the age 40, and gave them a psych eval, they would all be eligible for admission to mental hospitals.

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OK, I can't resist this opportunity to comment on the Psychiatrist's professional handbook on diagnostic criteria. . . .. take a good look at it if you can, and ask yourself seriously if there's anyone you know who doesn't qualify for the looney bin. . . . .goes to show what happens when society allows a little club of elites unrestricted privilege on labeling people, and courts unlimited disgression for conveniently supplying them with customers required to pay exorbitant fees.

Cyrone Torbin said:

Well the whole religious people being stupid and a lot of plastic surgery kind of tie in together, no?

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And don't forget the meth moms and meth chicks in the LDS culture. The whole idea of being perfect in the here and now somehow just puts a lot of people over the top on the insanity in all kinds of ways. When you have to live in a fishbowl like an LDS ward, and do all that's expected, you just can't keep up the energy required without a little red bull and meth.

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From personal experience and observations I really don't doubt the findings of this study as I see a tremendous amount of falsies, fake eyelashes, fake tans, gym memberships are more common here, tons of people always out running, look at the outfits, and Utah is one of the leaders in the nation in "the mommy tuck" procedures where they give falsies and trim up the belly after a lady has kids and wants to feel young and sexy again.

HOWEVER, I find it hysterically ironic that the site that performed this study is called www.whatsyourprice.com which allows you to bid on dates and the other person gets paid to date you. A little like legalized prostitution? That's not superficial at all! They even have a place on their homepage that allows you to "browse attractive members" male or female. Their findings sound reasonable, but this is all just advertising to promote their site.

BTP said:

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I find anti-Mormons pretty superficial sometimes, and generally unwilling to look for positive things in other people. In some quarters, the local gossip in places like say nurses talking about local trends, the observations run on about how women with touched-up genitalia have displaced the tummy-tucks and boob jobs as the "in thing". I'm not anti-Mormon, just showing how Mormons aren't so different. . . . and commenting on the stresses involved in highly invasive societies as a specific case comparable to other human behaviors.

A good Mormon in my judgment wouldn't actually turn out like the superficial ones, because Mormonism in its teaching is pretty much all about "Standing on Higher Ground".

When I studied sociology in college, the textbooks had generalities on comparables between cultures that found the whole reason for religion, morals, and other expected behaviors in their values for labor-saving and continuity of the system. People who question the validity of the underlying beliefs are perceived as unreliable or even disruptive individuals with a negative sort of impact on maintaining the status quo. And make no mistake about it, the "progressive agenda" being pushed by elites today is fundamentally "religious" in the same sense as most religions we could discuss, in presenting a model society we are expected to conform to, in order to enable efficiency in management.

The whole idea of "superficiality" is it is ultimately a labor-saving manner for disposing of time-consuming effort. . . . so you can more directly address the issues essential to your established way of living. It all goes to purpose. If your purpose is to rock the boat, or just get through another day comfortably. . . .

I am generally playing some kind of boat-rocking game in here, and anyone who just doesn't have the spare energy to deal with it is going to quickly diss me.

babe said:

OK, I can't resist this opportunity to comment on the Psychiatrist's professional handbook on diagnostic criteria. . . .. take a good look at it if you can, and ask yourself seriously if there's anyone you know who doesn't qualify for the looney bin. . . . .goes to show what happens when society allows a little club of elites unrestricted privilege on labeling people, and courts unlimited disgression for conveniently supplying them with customers required to pay exorbitant fees.

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I was referring more to this post. And you're taking it out of context and not connecting dots properly.

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From personal experience and observations I really don't doubt the findings of this study as I see a tremendous amount of falsies, fake eyelashes, fake tans, gym memberships are more common here, tons of people always out running, look at the outfits, and Utah is one of the leaders in the nation in "the mommy tuck" procedures where they give falsies and trim up the belly after a lady has kids and wants to feel young and sexy again.

HOWEVER, I find it hysterically ironic that the site that performed this study is called www.whatsyourprice.com which allows you to bid on dates and the other person gets paid to date you. A little like legalized prostitution? That's not superficial at all! They even have a place on their homepage that allows you to "browse attractive members" male or female. Their findings sound reasonable, but this is all just advertising to promote their site.

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This is the funnest comment I've seen a long, long time. Repped.