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Monday, February 25, 2008

Memphis is Number One ... in Gluttony, Sloth, & Envy

Posted by John Branston on Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:00 AM

In yet another attention-seeking, city-ranking survey, Forbes Magazine has cleverly come up with a list of "America's Most Sinful Cities." It worked, because we're writing about it, even though it's sketchy logic, at best.

The seven deadly sins are Avarice, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Sloth, Pride, and Wrath. According to Forbes, Memphis is Number One in Gluttony, Sloth, and Envy.

We totally win the title of America's Most Sinful City! So finish off that double-Whopper, get your fat ass off the couch, and go steal something!

More of this nonsense -- with an interactive map, no less -- at Forbes.com.

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Apart from Memphis being number one for envy and Nashville making the list for pride, the rest of this is a complete joke. Seriously, Salt Lake City beating out New York and LA for pride? Nashville, as dismissive as they are, beating out New York? I guess the one good thing is Memphis wasn't even on the map for wrath.

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Posted by Joseph A on 02/25/2008 at 12:00 PM

There is a blog at http://onlyinmemphis.worpress.com that has compiled a bunch of these lists and other Memphis dubious achivements.

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Posted by memphian2008 on 02/26/2008 at 4:22 PM
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