{"id":16291,"date":"2012-02-10T12:48:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T17:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=16291"},"modified":"2012-02-10T12:48:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T17:48:57","slug":"amazon-com-alexandria-is-merely-the-2nd-most-romantic-u-s-city-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/02\/amazon-com-alexandria-is-merely-the-2nd-most-romantic-u-s-city-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon.com: Alexandria is merely the 2nd most romantic U.S. city now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember several years ago when I posted that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/were-so-romantic-or-not.html\">Alexandria, Va. was the most romantic city<\/a> in the U.S. according to amazon.com? Remember how I pointed out that it might be a good thing?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It has been suggested that perhaps the criteria amazon.com uses, \u201csales data of romance novels, relationship and sex books\u201d indicates a <em>lack of romance<\/em>. Seeing that we\u2019re lumped in with Cambridge and Ann Arbor supports that statement \u2014 what do Cantabs and Wolverines know about <em>amore<\/em> anyway?! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, Alexandrians, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbir.com\/news\/article\/204906\/0\/Knoxville-tops-list-of-most-romantic-cities-in-the-US\">we are now second to Knoxville, Tenn. home of the Volunteers when it comes to romance<\/a> (<em>WBIR<\/em> TV, Knoxville). But what is the old saying about being #2 &#8212; <em>we try harder<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>No other BeltwayLand community is represented this time &#8212; Arlington and Washington D.C. charted previously.<\/p>\n<p>h\/t <strong>Holly Anderson<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SIHolly\/status\/168025445151936513\">@SIHolly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember several years ago when I posted that Alexandria, Va. was the most romantic city in the U.S. according to amazon.com? Remember how I pointed out that it might be a good thing? 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