San Juan, Puerto Rico voted most favorite city by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine

 Congratulations to us again- Puerto Rico has won another International opinion poll. This time it was by the readers of Travel & Leisure magazine. San Juan was voted number one in attractive people, New Year’s Eve, Christmas and winter destination, and Ethnic food.

Now the bad news! We were voted #21 in cleanliness. Shame on us and shame on those in charge of cleaning San Juan. There is absolutely no reason for Puerto Ricans to tolerate dirty Streets, unkempt public areas or dirty, littered beaches.

Street cleaners are ultimately sanctioned by political parties but even that should not mean they shouldn’t do their job and keep their assigned street sparkling clean. They do not because no one supervises their work.

The beaches are dirty because no one is responsible for cleaning them- and often there are not enough trash receptacles. There are thousands of extra government employees doing nothing. Let’s assign a couple of hundred to keeping the beaches pristine.

The same should be done with parks and public places. (Sherman's Monday Memo October 17, 2011) (http://www.facebook.com/notes/radio-woso-1030-am/shermans-monday-memo-october-17-2011/10150342041344690)

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A 2011 survey of America's favorite cities by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine found that San Juan, Puerto Rico was the favorite city overall. San Juan people ranked #1 in attractivenes, #9 in intelligence, #2 in friendliness, #20 in driving abilility (what a surprise!), #11 in proudness of their city, out of 35 cities.  

Overall

VISITOR | RESIDENT
Rank	City	Score
1	San Juan, P.R.	4.32
2	San Francisco	4.29
3	New Orleans	4.22
4	San Diego	4.22
5	Austin	4.21
6	Savannah	4.21
7	Seattle	4.20
8	Denver	4.19
9	Providence	4.16
10	Chicago	4.15
11	Santa Fe	4.14
12	Philadelphia	4.12
13	Minneapolis/St. Paul	4.09
14	Portland, OR	4.07
15	Portland, ME	4.06
16	Nashville	4.02
17	Honolulu	4.02
18	Boston	4.01
19	Kansas City	4.00
20	New York City	4.00
21	Charleston	3.99
22	Los Angeles	3.97
23	Las Vegas	3.87
24	Houston	3.85
25	Memphis	3.84
26	San Antonio	3.80
27	Baltimore	3.77
28	Miami	3.76
29	Salt Lake City	3.75
30	Anchorage	3.70
31	Washington, D.C.	3.68
32	Phoenix/Scottsdale	3.60
33	Orlando	3.57
34	Atlanta	3.49
35	Dallas/Fort Worth	3.45

No. 1 San Juan, P.R.

They’re gorgeous, they dress fabulously, and you can’t even hate them: the locals in the sunny Puerto Rican capital rank high for friendliness as well as attractiveness. They also know how to charm visitors with simple pleasures: San Juan ranked near the top for its café con leche, and won the street food category.

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Attractive

VISITOR | RESIDENT
Rank	City	Score
1	San Juan, P.R.	4.64
2	San Diego	4.49
3	Miami	4.46
4	Los Angeles	4.42
5	Denver	4.33
6	Honolulu	4.26
7	Charleston	4.25
8	Savannah	4.25
9	San Francisco	4.19
10	Salt Lake City	4.16
11	Austin	4.13
12	Las Vegas	4.12
13	Nashville	4.12
14	Minneapolis/St. Paul	4.10
15	Providence	4.10
16	Santa Fe	4.09
17	New York City	4.08
18	Chicago	4.07
19	New Orleans	4.03
20	Seattle	4.03
21	Phoenix/Scottsdale	3.97
22	Boston	3.95
23	Portland, ME	3.90
24	Kansas City	3.90
25	Philadelphia	3.89
26	Memphis	3.83
27	Houston	3.81
28	Portland, OR	3.80
29	Orlando	3.77
30	San Antonio	3.71
31	Washington, D.C.	3.66
32	Dallas/Fort Worth	3.63
33	Atlanta	3.61
34	Baltimore	3.46
35	Anchorage               3.39	http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-and-least-attractive-people/1