Man Up, USA! [Mixed Reviews By People Who Don't Live Here]

March 11, 2009 2:00 PM 8 comments

The internets were buzzing last week with the news that Nashville had been dubbed America’s Manliest City… As in, #1 Manliest City In The Entire United States. After spending several years on Belmont University’s campus, we find that pretty hard to believe, but hey! Whatever works. NASCAR-lovin’, BBQ-eatin’, monster-truck-rally-goin’, huntin’-n-fishin’ Nashvillians represent! Thanks to all of our tipsters who sent this in!

In other Mixed Reviews news, Nashville ranked #79 in yet another Best Places To Live (& Launch) poll. These are a dime a dozen, but it’s still nice to know that we make the cut each time. Thanks to our Twitter friend Llamaboi for the tip!

Photo by kimberlykv.

  • http://loudestnoise.com David Cintron

    Hey now, just because some of the guys you knew at Belmont weren't necessarily manly, doesn't mean the rest of Nashville isn't.

    Ya, I'm gonna get back to chopping down that tree I was chopping. With my pocket knife. While watching Nascar.

  • http://natene.ws Nathan T. Baker (NateNe.ws)

    I agree with David, who is also probably not wearing a shirt. Blogs simply allowed this truth to flow to the top of our country's consciousness, although every Hubris MegaPectorus (Latin for Nashvillian) has known this since the logs of Fort Nashboro were muscled into place.

    Our desire to do incredible manly things date back to when we first build the marvelous Fort Nashborough on our fair river. (1779)

    According to science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nashboro) “corn whiskey was the remedy for all health problems…Animal skins and hides supplemented their wardrobes.”

    If that isn't Nashville, I don't know what is.

    But really, all of America and all Nashvillians love the same things, namely us.

  • http://nashvillest.com morganlevy

    We're just trying to level things out across the board and take pot shots at EVERYONE today.

  • Marshall W

    Dude that explanation was way too geeky to be manly. You even quoted wikipedia… Here let me translate that in case any manly men stop by, lol.

    “We here in Nashville, like drinking shine, building things from wood and wearing animal skins.”

  • http://loudestnoise.com David Cintron

    Hey now, just because some of the guys you knew at Belmont weren't necessarily manly, doesn't mean the rest of Nashville isn't.

    Ya, I'm gonna get back to chopping down that tree I was chopping. With my pocket knife. While watching Nascar.

  • http://natene.ws Nathan T. Baker (NateNe.ws)

    I agree with David, who is also probably not wearing a shirt. Blogs simply allowed this truth to flow to the top of our country's consciousness, although every Hubris MegaPectorus (Latin for Nashvillian) has known this since the logs of Fort Nashboro were muscled into place.

    Our desire to do incredible manly things date back to when we first built the marvelous Fort Nashborough on our fair river. (1779)

    According to science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nashboro) “corn whiskey was the remedy for all health problems…Animal skins and hides supplemented their wardrobes.”

    If that isn't Nashville, I don't know what is.

    But really, all of America and all Nashvillians love the same things, namely us.

  • http://nashvillest.com morganlevy

    We're just trying to level things out across the board and take pot shots at EVERYONE today.

  • Marshall W

    Dude that explanation was way too geeky to be manly. You even quoted wikipedia… Here let me translate that in case any manly men stop by, lol.

    “We here in Nashville, like drinking shine, building things from wood and wearing animal skins.”