Evidence That Detroit Is A Great Sports Town

[Bham1982]

Lot of cities are downright unsupportive... Embarrassingly so.

Why is it "embarrassing" to not spend your time-limited life rooting for a bunch of overpaid sports figures? Maybe people have better things to do than spend three hours a day watching some dudes hit a ball with a stick.

Places like San Diego and the like have lots of transplants, tons of outdoor activities, year-round nice weather, and a more low-key vibe. There's no reason they should be "embarrassed" if they don't get all emotionally attached to a bunch of whiny rental athletes who have no tangential link to their host cities outside their paycheck.

Case in point, per your link, highest TV ratings are in KC, a place with crappy weather and little to do. Lowest TV ratings are in LA, a place with wonderful weather and tons to do. I doubt the people having fun in LA are crying that they aren't plopped in front a TV all day.

[emu steve]

Why is it "embarrassing" to not spend your time-limited life rooting for a bunch of overpaid sports figures? Maybe people have better things to do than spend three hours a day watching some dudes hit a ball with a stick.

Places like San Diego and the like have lots of transplants, tons of outdoor activities, year-round nice weather, and a more low-key vibe. There's no reason they should be "embarrassed" if they don't get all emotionally attached to a bunch of whiny rental athletes who have no tangential link to their host cities outside their paycheck.

Case in point, per your link, highest TV ratings are in KC, a place with crappy weather and little to do. Lowest TV ratings are in LA, a place with wonderful weather and tons to do. I doubt the people having fun in LA are crying that they aren't plopped in front a TV all day.

Simple:

The answer one gets [[or expects to get) is dependent on the question asked.

The implicit question was: "How good of a sports town is Detroit?"

I did not ask if, as a value judgment, it is better to lay on the beach, go to an art institute, watch porn, read a good book or watch if [[David) Price is right [[today).

Likewise, when Forbes ranks the richest folks it isn't a value judgment but simply metrics concerning something some people apparently are interested [[I could care less how many billions The Donald has, FWIW).

[313WX]

Why is it "embarrassing" to not spend your time-limited life rooting for a bunch of overpaid sports figures? Maybe people have better things to do than spend three hours a day watching some dudes hit a ball with a stick.

Places like San Diego and the like have lots of transplants, tons of outdoor activities, year-round nice weather, and a more low-key vibe. There's no reason they should be "embarrassed" if they don't get all emotionally attached to a bunch of whiny rental athletes who have no tangential link to their host cities outside their paycheck.

Case in point, per your link, highest TV ratings are in KC, a place with crappy weather and little to do. Lowest TV ratings are in LA, a place with wonderful weather and tons to do. I doubt the people having fun in LA are crying that they aren't plopped in front a TV all day.

For once, I agree with Bham.

It's pretty low brow to label other places as embarassing because they don't live and die by sports. And the sad hypocrisy is the same folks who made that statement would be up in arms if someone dogged Detroit for its lack of movie theatres, or lack of interest in ballet.