CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Luckiest City
10-24-11
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
San Diego is the luckiest city in the nation. America’s Finest City, apparently
in what can be described as a strange ranking has been ranked by Men’s Health
magazine as the luckiest city in the nation. However, two California cities made
the Top Ten, the other being San Francisco at #7.
Luck is basically our modern world's magic," said David Zinczenko, editor in chief
of the magazine. "People need to believe in luck because it allows them to give a
name to the randomness of life, and when you name something, you have more power
over it."
To determine the most charmed towns the magazine analyzed data about cities with
the most lottery and sweepstake winners, the most hole-in-ones on the golf course,
the fewest lighting strikes, the least deaths from falling objects, and the
lowest debt due to playing the lottery and race betting.
"San Diego's multiple jackpot winners, its low lightning strike count, and its low
number of lightning-related injuries and deaths helped push it to the top,"
Zinczenko said.
TOP TEN LUCKIEST CITIES IN THE NATION
1. San Diego
2. Baltimore, MD
3. Phoenix, AZ
4. Wilmington, DE
5. Richmond, VA
6. San Francisco
7. Las Vegas, NV
8. Philadelphia, PA
9. Louisville, KY
10. Reno, NV
San Jose was 11th; Fresno 18th; Los Angeles 23rd; Santa Ana 24th; Riverside 41st;
Bakersfield 42nd; Oakland 43rd, Sacramento 47th and Stockton 72nd.
Recommendation, don’t move to Florida, it has the least unlucky cities of any
state.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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