Chicago Guys are More Femme This Year

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Yesterday, our sister site, Racked reported that a fine gentleman named Bert Sperling teamed up with Combos, the cheeze-filled pretzel snack food to rate the manliest cities in the States. Cities were ranked on pro sports teams, steak houses, registered full-size pickup trucks, and man-gazine subscribership and sports bars. This is the fourth year the study has come out and Chicago placed 37 on the list. This placement is down 13 spots from last year when Chicago ranked 24th manliest in the U.S.- meaning that we're becoming a more civilized society, or more femme. [Racked]