Wouldn't have guessed that.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/cities-where-kids-most-spoiled-201700290.html (http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/cities-where-kids-most-spoiled-201700290.html)
QuoteThe Eloise series by author Kay Thompson was written in the 1950s and depicts a precocious six-year-old who lives in Manhattan's posh Plaza Hotel with her British nanny and a pet pug named Weenie. She tyrannizes the staff, dines on room service, and generally behaves like an adorable little spoiled brat. According to Bundle.com's new infographic of which city's parents spend the most on their children, real kids in Manhattan are still the most spoiled in the United States and their mini-hipster neighbors in Brooklyn are a close second. New York's two wealthiest boroughs also happen to be the most expensive places to live in the United States.
Related: Best Cities for Raising a Family
Manhattan is a place where baby sophisticates are raised on takeout sushi and parents pull strings to get their two-year-olds into $30,000-a-year nursery schools, so it goes with the territory that grown-ups spend nearly twice the national average on their precious tots. To determine its rankings, Bundle looked at spending by households with children at stores that sell toys, clothing, and other services for kids over a three-year period. Out of 36 cities, they found that Nashville represented the national average. While thrifty midwestern cities, such as Columbus and Milwaukee, tended to rank on the lower end, the big surprise is that Minneapolis came in at number four. More predictably, flashy and affluent Miami, Dallas, and Los Angeles all made it into the top ten spenders.
10 Cities that Spoil Kids The Most
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Miami, FL
Minneapolis, MN
Tulsa, OK
Dallas, TX
Atlanta, GA
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA
Ft. Worth, TX
10 Cities that Spoil Kids the Least
Madison, WI
Saint Paul, MN
Milwaukee, WI
Indianapolis, IN
Columbus, OH
Tucson, AZ
Raleigh, NC
Alexandria, VA
Washington, DC
Phoenix, AZ
As the old saying goes, money doesn't buy happiness. At the bottom of the list, with parents spending half the national average on their kids, is Madison, Wisconsin, a vibrant university town with a low crime rate, plenty of green space, and a great children's museum. Bundle points out that in a city like Madison, "all you need is a ball and a yard to enjoy childhood."
I have no idea what this means for Tulsa.
Means we have a bunch of precious snow-flakes that are going to have a really hard time when the real world gets ahold of them.
Who comes up with the ideas for these polls?
Quote from: Conan71 on June 07, 2012, 09:41:59 AM
Who comes up with the ideas for these polls?
Oprah
Quote from: Townsend on June 07, 2012, 09:54:09 AM
Oprah
I never liked her. I hear she invented PMS for women.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 07, 2012, 10:48:12 AM
I never liked her. I hear she invented PMS for women.
And I bet she can't kick Chuck Norris' donkey.
The article might have been more helpful by adding some substance to their numbers (like behavior, habits or environmental factors associated with being "spoiled")
Quote from: patric on June 07, 2012, 11:56:34 AM
The article might have been more helpful by adding some substance to their numbers (like behavior, habits or environmental factors associated with being "spoiled")
"To determine its rankings, Bundle looked at spending by households with children at stores that sell toys, clothing, and other services for kids over a three-year period."
If they counted garage sales and flea markets, we could be number one.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 07, 2012, 12:03:05 PM
If they counted garage sales and flea markets, we could be number one.
But it's not spoilin' if it's not brand spankin' new.
Quote from: patric on June 07, 2012, 11:56:34 AM
The article might have been more helpful by adding some substance to their numbers (like behavior, habits or environmental factors associated with being "spoiled")
It is Yahoo Fluff, what do you expect real world data and analyses?
Quote from: godboko71 on June 07, 2012, 05:00:31 PM
It is Yahoo Fluff, what do you expect real world data and analyses?
We're Oklahomans. We live and die by real world data and analyses. No decisions or statements made here without thinking it through...ever.
Quote from: Townsend on June 07, 2012, 05:06:36 PM
We're Oklahomans. We live and die by real world data and analyses. No decisions or statements made here without thinking it through...ever.
Thanks for the laugh
I see where Minneapolis spoils kids and St. Paul doesn't. As for Tulsa, I'm doing my best...and NO, I'm not happy about it.
Graphic:
(http://www.bundle.com/media/images/Cities_that_spoil_their_kids_the_most.jpg)
Story:
http://www.bundle.com/article/cities-spoil-their-kids-most/
Madison Wi. is a college town. Drove through there back in the late seventies and, curiously, all the young men were bald. Add in the aging men and practically the whole city was hairless. Turns out it was the college students pursuing the latest attempt at rebellious conformity.
Anyway, doubtful small college towns have the same % children as a Tulsa or Ft.Worth.