Great

So let's say you're looking at your city on CityData.com. Just for kicks. They list your ranking on various Top-100 lists. Let's take a look:

• #28 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in federal prisons and detention centers"
• #37 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards (population 50,000+)"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in state prisons (population 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus) (population 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse (population 50,000+)"

• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"

This really affirms my students' complaints about their dorms. Clearly, their comparisons to jail are apt.

But this is what happens when you start playing with statistics. Bad times. I'd much rather think of us as #1 in the Top 101 cities with beautiful horse farms. Or #3 in the Top 100 counties with really good chicken-fried steak (suck it, Texas!).

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/Lexington-Fayette-Kentucky.html#ixzz0bEMmkBGG