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Tell The Truth: What's Overrated

Current Totals:

Which of the following is the most overrated nickname for St. Louis?

Mound City:
 12%
The Lou:
 48%
Gateway City:
 13%
St. Louie:
 11%
STL:
 2%
River City:
 9%
314:
 14%

 

Which of the following activities is most overrated by St. Louisans?

Blogging:
 16%
Jogging:
 7%
Smoking:
 29%
Planning:
 16%
Parallel parking:
 30%
Doggy dining:
 25%

 

Which of the following is the most overrated local observance?

St. Patrick's Day:
 9%
The Baseball Home Opener:
 10%
Halloween Night:
 3%
Columbus Day:
 8%
Veiled Prophet Ball:
 48%
Fashion Week:
 23%

 

Which of the following is the most overrated St. Louis rumor?

A downtown IKEA:
 20%
An NBA team at Scottrade:
 33%
A monorail:
 15%
Matt Blunt or Claire McCaskill as Vice President:
 29%
The White Stripes at Live on the Levee:
 3%

 

Which of the following local bodies of water is the most overrated?

River Des Peres:
 43%
Post-Dispatch Lake:
 9%
Lake St. Louis:
 24%
Lake of the Ozarks:
 20%
My loft building's pool:
 5%

 

Which of the following local food favorites is the most overrated?

Toasted ravioli:
 23%
Frozen custard:
 13%
Mostaccioli:
 24%
Thin crust pizza:
 12%
Provel:
 28%

 

Which of the following popular summer activities in St. Louis is the most overrated?

Going to the Muny:
 12%
Going to Fair St. Louis:
 32%
Going to Rib America:
 31%
Going away on vacation:
 6%
Going to the Gypsy Caravan:
 20%

 

Which of the following is the most overrated local transportation complaint?

Traffic jams:
 13%
Segways in the park:
 13%
Too much parking:
 3%
Too little parking:
 9%
Red light cameras:
 11%
Rude drivers:
 6%
Buses:
 3%
Highway 40/I-64 shutdown:
 41%

 

Which of the following is the most overrated local weather condition?

Winter snow:
 27%
August humidity:
 20%
Hundred year floods:
 10%
TV weather forecasts:
 33%
Post-Dispatch Weather Bird:
 10%

 

Which of the following is the most overrated local shopping mall?

Chesterfield Mall:
 5%
The Galleria:
 13%
Plaza Frontenac:
 17%
Union Station:
 25%
West County Mall:
 7%
St. Louis Mills:
 30%
South County Mall:
 4%

 

Which of the following is the most overrated St. Louis factoid?

That we had the 1904 World's Fair here:
 17%
That John Goodman grew up here:
 15%
That we have a section of highway named after Mark McGwire:
 48%
That we were once the fourth largest city in the country:
 20%

 

Which of the following local media outlets is the most overrated?

Weekly newspapers:
 23%
Blogs:
 35%
Public access TV stations:
 16%
Monthly magazines:
 11%
Church bulletins:
 14%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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