Sexy Ugly

Dear Travel + Leisure:

If you're going to talk smack, get your story straight. Least attractive city? (Insert buzzer sound.) Have you seen the people who live on Staten Island?

You said we were least stylish. Wrong , wrong, and wrong.
You said we were the least active. Does any other city have this?
You called us least friendly. Bullshit.

If we've got to live with the ugly label, at least recognize that we are Sexy Ugly, as defined in Urban Dictionary thusly: "Someone who is not conventionally good-looking, but possesses an appealing personality, style, or talent, and is thus considered sexually attractive by many."

Our restaurants rule. Our music scene kills. And just because sometimes we slip and say "wooder" and we may have a little bit of junk in our trunks, well, that just adds to the appeal.

Sincerely,
Us

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