Rankings, lists, and such

[earthling]

Looks like Travel & Leisure is starting the 2013 survey. Is claimed to be the largest city survey (in participation).

https://travelandleisure.roiresearch.co ... y/Index/34

Chicago, Minneapolis and KC are the only midwest cities they are polling. I wonder why they dropped STL a couple years ago.

[Downtowner]

[quote="earthling"

Chicago, Minneapolis and KC are the only midwest cities they are polling. I wonder why they dropped STL a couple years ago.[/quote]

I think consistently bad reviews gets you bounced from the list.

[warwickland]

Perhaps they wanted to cover as wide of an swath of the midwest as possible, there could be too much interplay between Chicago and the cities within a 5 hour radius? Dunno. Minneapolis and KC are beyond weekend trips to Chicago.

[brewcrew1000]

Don't understand why St Louis would be dropped. There is probably more touristy stuff in St Louis then KC mainly because they have the Arch, Budweiser, City Museum, etc. Also, why is Santa Fe, Savannah, and Charleston on this list, they are basically just tourist cities not really cities.

I think its just a midwest bias with Travel and Lesuire and they want to cater to the Coasts. Santa Fe is pretty popular with the Hollywood crowd, think a couple celeb's have home there

[earthling]

Chicago, Minneapolis and KC are the only midwest cities they are polling. I wonder why they dropped STL a couple years ago.

I think consistently bad reviews gets you bounced from the list.

Could be, STL did very very poorly in the 2009 and hasn't been surveyed since.

http://www.travelandleisure.com/america ... s/st-louis

Edit: Cleveland was also dropped. Even Cleveland came out ahead of STL in 2009, ouch...
http://www.travelandleisure.com/america ... s/st-louis

As mentioned before, KC came out ahead of Denver (with outsider perception) last year...
http://www.travelandleisure.com/america ... /vs/denver

T&L claimed to have over 40K respondents last year, that's far more than the Feds use to determine unemployment rate.

[kcmetro]

High Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-a ... lley/6011/

San Jose (the Silicon Valley) tops the list with 22.6 venture capital deals per capita. But San Francisco is close behind with 17.2 deals per 100,000 people. The list changes substantially from there with smaller metros, especially those with major colleges and universities, moving up considerably. Boulder, Colorado (home to the University of Colorado) is third with 13.6 deals per 100,000 people, Boston is fourth with 9 and Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan, in fifth (6.4). Lawrence, Kansas (University of Kansas, (5.4 deals), Austin, University of Texas (5.1) Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia), Missoula, Montana (4.6), Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, University of Illinois 3.4) and San Diego, University of California at San Diego (3.3) round out the top 10.

[smh]

High Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-a ... lley/6011/

San Jose (the Silicon Valley) tops the list with 22.6 venture capital deals per capita. But San Francisco is close behind with 17.2 deals per 100,000 people. The list changes substantially from there with smaller metros, especially those with major colleges and universities, moving up considerably. Boulder, Colorado (home to the University of Colorado) is third with 13.6 deals per 100,000 people, Boston is fourth with 9 and Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan, in fifth (6.4). Lawrence, Kansas (University of Kansas, (5.4 deals), Austin, University of Texas (5.1) Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia), Missoula, Montana (4.6), Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, University of Illinois 3.4) and San Diego, University of California at San Diego (3.3) round out the top 10.

Q: Why is it the Lawrence metro and not KC?

[FangKC]

Raphael Hotel selected by Travel & Leisure as one of the Top Large Hotels in US

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/b ... 1372857920

http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsb ... els-us/512

http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel- ... ansas-city

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=30th+and ... ,,0,-19.99

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Top Large City Hotels in the Continental U.S.

Rank 2013 -- (Rank in 2012) -- Name -- Score

1 (8) The Peninsula, Beverly Hills Hall of Fame 94.51
2 (1) Waldorf Astoria, Chicago 93.75
3 (10) Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas Budget 93.19
4 - Four Seasons Hotel, St. Louis 92.46
4 - The Peninsula , Chicago Hall of Fame T+L Find 92.46
6 (29) Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago 91.39
7 - St. Regis, New York City 91.00
8 - Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, Miami 90.83
9 - The Palazzo, Las Vegas Budget T+L Find 90.65
9 (23) Boston Harbor Hotel 90.65
11 - Inn & Spa at Loretto, Santa Fe, New Mexico Debut 90.63
12 (7) St. Regis, Atlanta 90.60
13 (14) Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park 90.55
14 (30) Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta Budget 90.38
15 - Ritz-Carlton, Dallas Debut 90.37
16 - London West Hollywood, California 89.91
17 (24) Montage Beverly Hills, California T+L Find 89.81
17 - Hotel Monaco, Portland, Oregon Debut 89.81
19 (15) Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows, Beverly Hills, California 89.74
20 (37) Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, a Four Seasons Hotel Hall of Fame 89.65
21 - Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis Budget 89.60
22 - Raphael Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri Budget 89.57
23 (6) Four Seasons Hotel, New York City Hall of Fame 89.56
24 (4) Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee 89.52
25 (5) Trump International Hotel & Tower New York 89.46
26 (47) Mandarin Oriental, Miami 89.39
27 - The Hay-Adams, Washington, D.C. T+L Find 89.37
28 (22) Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago 89.35
29 (40) Mandarin Oriental, New York City T+L Find 89.33
30 - Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia Budget 89.25
30 - Hutton Hotel, Nashville Debut Budget 89.25
32 - Hotel Teatro, Denver 89.23
33 (33) Charleston Place, South Carolina 89.11
34 (17) Hotel Bel-Air, Dorchester Collection, Los Angeles T+L Find 89.10
35 (2) Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas 89.08
36 - Huntington Hotel, San Francisco 89.06
37 - L'Ermitage, Beverly Hills, California 89.04
38 (48) Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans Budget Hall of Fame 88.91
39 - Saint Paul Hotel, Minnesota Budget 88.87
40 - NoMad Hotel, New York City Debut T+L Find 88.80
41 (25) Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas Budget 88.76
42 - Four Seasons Hotel, Austin, Texas 88.72
43 - Andaz Wall Street, New York City Debut T+L Find 88.67
43 - Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco 88.67
45 - Lenox Hotel, Back Bay, Boston Debut Budget 88.64
46 - Four Seasons Hotel, Seattle 88.63
47 - Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Budget 88.62
48 - Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta 88.56
49 - Taj, Boston 88.47
50 - Andaz 5th Avenue, New York City 88.40

[earthling]

^Excluding the chains, looks like Raphael came in around top 10.

[brewcrew1000]

Isn't the Raphael apart of a chain? Its part of the Autograph Collection for the Marriott brand and is bookable on Marriotts website

[earthling]

Ah, I didn't realize Marriott acquired it. Is this recent?

[kboish]

KC is the 14th snobbiest city according to Travel & Leisure Magazine. What do they know?

http://www.travelandleisure.com/article ... -cities/15

The criteria for this are all actually things i'd consider to be a compliment or sign of a progressive city...

To determine which city has the biggest nose in the air, we factored in some traditional staples of snobbery: a reputation for aloof and smarty-pants residents, along with high-end shopping and highbrow cultural offerings like classical music and theater.

But we also considered 21st-century definitions of elitism: tech-savviness, artisanal coffeehouses, and a conspicuous eco-consciousness (say, the kind of city where you get a dirty look for throwing your coffee cup in the wrong bin).

[AllThingsKC]

Kansas City is the country’s second-largest fireworks market, study says

Happy 4th of July! Go blow some stuff up!

[brewcrew1000]

Ah, I didn't realize Marriott acquired it. Is this recent?

I think it was within the past 5 years. A lot of the hotel chains acquire boutique/historic hotels for their luxury portfolio. Marriott recently acquired the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, that is the famous hotel with the marching ducks.

[bbqboy]

Memphis?

[brewcrew1000]

^Thats the orginal but they also had one in Little Rock (Being converted to a Marriott) and they also have one in Orlando, pretty sure they all do the duck march

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... -arkansas/

[bbqboy]

Thanks. A mini chain itself, I guess.

[AllThingsKC]

States with the best roads

1. North Dakota
2. Kansas
3. Wyoming
4. New Mexico
5. Montana
6. Nebraska
7. South Carolina
8. Missouri
9. South Dakota
10. Mississippi
11. Texas
12. Georgia
13. Oregon
14. Kentucky
15. Virginia
16. Nevada
17. Idaho
18. New Hampshire
19. North Carolina
20. Delaware
21. Tennessee
22. Indiana
23. Arizona
24. Washington
25. Ohio
26. Utah
27. Alabama
28. Vermont
29. Maine
30. Michigan
31. Wisconsin
32. West Virginia
33. Iowa
34. Illinois
35. Louisiana
36. Arkansas
37. Florida
38. Oklahoma
39. Pennsylvania
40. Maryland
41. Colorado
42. Minnesota
43. Massachusetts
44. Connecticut
45. New York
46. New Jersey
47. California
48. Hawaii
49. Rhode Island
50. Alaska

[shinatoo]

1. North Dakota
2. Kansas
3. Wyoming
4. New Mexico
5. Montana
6. Nebraska
7. South Carolina
8. Missouri
9. South Dakota
10. Mississippi
11. Texas
12. Georgia
13. Oregon
14. Kentucky
15. Virginia
16. Nevada
17. Idaho
18. New Hampshire
19. North Carolina
20. Delaware
21. Tennessee
22. Indiana
23. Arizona
24. Washington
25. Ohio
26. Utah
27. Alabama
28. Vermont
29. Maine
30. Michigan
31. Wisconsin
32. West Virginia
33. Iowa
34. Illinois
35. Louisiana
36. Arkansas
37. Florida
38. Oklahoma
39. Pennsylvania
40. Maryland
41. Colorado
42. Minnesota
43. Massachusetts
44. Connecticut
45. New York
46. New Jersey
47. California
48. Hawaii
49. Rhode Island
50. Alaska

That's horrifying.

[grovester]

I get that list confused with the one listing places no one wants to be.