Brian Manzullo

Detroit Free Press

Detroit Sex City.

Yes, that's right. Detroit was named the second sexiest city in America by Pure Romance, behind only Philadelphia, based on countrywide sales of personal products, according to a news release from the direct seller of "relationship-enhancement" products.

Washington, D.C. was the 2-time reigning sexiest city, but has fallen to No. 3 this year. Minneapolis-St. Paul and New York City round out the Top 5. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo check in at No. 18.

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Pure Romance, a woman-to-woman direct seller of relationship enhancement products, used online product sales and net regional sales through "active Consultants around the country" to determine the Top 20.

We're sure people in many other cities around America will object to Detroit being a sexier city than just about all of them. They'll say things like, "whatever, that's just one study" or, "why should sales of relationship enhancement products determine which city is sexier?" or, "this study is ridiculous." Don't worry about those people. They're haters. Haters will hate.

But we have a question. Why is Philadelphia, of all cities, ahead of Detroit? Allow Chris Cicchinelli, Pure Romance CEO and President, to explain.

"Philadelphia has been making steady progress on our list of 20 Sexiest Cities over the last few years," Cicchinelli said in a news release. "From fourth place in 2014 to second and now to first, we are happy to see the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ take the top spot as the Sexiest City in America."

Whatever, Philadelphia can have that title. It was also named one of America's most miserable sports cities by Forbes just earlier this year. Detroit was named best sports city in 2014 and the best hockey city last January, while Michigan was declared the No. 1 state in America last year.

Boom.

But wait, there's more! Cicchinelli also said in the news release that "it’s also interesting to look at the top cities in America who had the highest sales of

products offered by Pure Romance per capita of female populations."

On that note, Saint Joseph, Mich. ranks No. 2 in the Top 5 sexiest cities by sales to female populations, behind only Zanesville, Ohio. (Eww, Ohio.)

Top 20 sexiest cities ranked by sales

1. Philadelphia, PA

2. Detroit, MI

3. Washington, DC

4. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

5. New York, NY

6. Atlanta, GA

7. Baltimore

8. St. Louis

9. Dallas-Fort Worth

10. Tampa-St. Petersburg

11. Salt Lake City

12. Denver

13. Cleveland-Akron-Canton

14. Pittsburgh

15. Buffalo

16. Milwaukee

17. Portland, OR

18. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, MI

19. Cincinnati

20. Green Bay-Appleton, WI

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