San Francisco is the 49th Manliest city in the U.S., out of the top 50 metro areas in the country, according to a study sponsored by COMBOS® to determine America’s Manliest Cities.

The top cities according to this list centered around the mid west and the south. The criteria for ranking high on the list definitely put more culturally diverse cities such as our beloved San Francisco on the lower end of the list. Cities fared well if they had more “masculine” resources, such as major sports leagues, NASCAR events, home improvement stores, BBQ restaurants and steak houses and the number of households that subscribed to “manly” magazines, such as Playboy.









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Image 1 of / 13 Caption Close Image 2 of 13 #9. Cleveland, OH #9. Cleveland, OH Image 3 of 13 #8. Toledo, OH #8. Toledo, OH Image 4 of 13 #7. St. Louis, MO #7. St. Louis, MO Image 5 of 13 Image 6 of 13 #6. Houston, TX #6. Houston, TX Image 7 of 13 #5. Birmingham, Alabama #5. Birmingham, Alabama Image 8 of 13 #4. Nashville, TN #4. Nashville, TN Image 9 of 13 #3. Memphis, TN #3. Memphis, TN Image 10 of 13 Image 11 of 13 #2. Columbia, SC #2. Columbia, SC Image 12 of 13 #1. Oklahoma City, OK #1. Oklahoma City, OK Photo: Lonely Planet Images Image 13 of 13 SF ranked 49th ‘Manliest’ city 1 / 13 Back to Gallery

Where SF didn’t do so well is by losing points in areas we are well known for. As AOL Real Estate describes it:

…[C]ities also lost points for more “emasculating” criteria, such as how many residents drive foreign cars and minivans….Points were also lost for a high concentration of home décor stores, coffee shops, sushi restaurants (men like their fish COOKED!) and “modern” male apparel stores. Finally, high levels of subscription to magazines likeMartha Stewart Living, Vanity Fair and Vogue put cities towards the bottom of the man pile.

Sacramento was the first city in CA to appear on the list, at #44, with Oakland just a notch above SF at #48. The top 10 is listed below – for the full list, click here.



COMBOS® Top 10 America’s Manliest Cities: