What was your favorite activity this summer?
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Biking around St. Louis:
6%
Lounging by the pool:
12%
Watching movies and concerts in the parks:
4%
Working on a community service project:
4%
Watching free music and fireworks downtown:
4%
Eating at outdoor restaurants:
15%
Attending summer classes:
1%
Traveling:
12%
Going to baseball games:
9%
Going to The Muny:
5%
Eating snowcones, ice cream, watermelon, tomatoes:
9%
Something else:
21%
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What was your least favorite activity this summer?
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Enduring the heat wave:
61%
Working outside:
6%
Paying the utility bills:
12%
Enduring a sunburn:
0%
Fending off cicadas:
2%
Wearing my bathing suit:
1%
Listening to illegal fireworks in my neighborhood:
10%
Trying not to notice obvious fashion crimes:
3%
Playing tour guide to visitors:
0%
Going to summer school:
1%
Something else:
4%
Something else:
%
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How many times did you travel out of town for pleasure this summer?
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Once:
22%
Twice:
26%
More often:
21%
Not at all:
31%
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How do you handle the sun?
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I wear sunscreen, but not a hat:
22%
I wear a hat, but not sunscreen:
12%
I wear both a hat and scunscreen:
28%
I don't go out in the sun:
18%
I don't take any precautions against the sun (bad idea!):
19%
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What reason do you tell out-of-town friends is the best reason to visit St. Louis?
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To visit me:
29%
To see attractions like the St. Louis Zoo and City Museum:
41%
To watch a sporting event:
6%
To eat at great restaurants:
10%
To listen to great music:
2%
To attend an ethnic or community festival:
1%
To see great buildings:
5%
Something else:
7%
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What is the "must see" destination for most of your out-of-town guests?
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The Arch or the riverfront:
28%
Forest Park:
24%
Tower Grove Park:
3%
Ted Drewes:
10%
Soulard Market:
1%
The Hill:
5%
A local church or cathedral:
2%
The Loop:
3%
The CWE:
6%
Washington Avenue:
2%
Somewhere else:
15%
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Which of the following is your favorite local foodstuff?
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A slice of Volpi salami:
9%
A few of Dad's oatmeal cookies:
3%
A cold frosty beer from A-B:
12%
A glass of a Schlafly seasonal, served at the appropriate temperature:
24%
A slice of Imo's Pizza:
13%
A slice of Pi's pizza:
10%
A slice of Miss Hullings chocolate layer cake:
3%
One of Gus's pretzels:
8%
A chocolate-covered strawberry from Merb's:
4%
A chocolate banana malt from Crown Candy Kitchen:
15%
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What did you learn this summer that will inspire your next summer?
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I'm going to start that diet sooner:
19%
I'm going to use a higher SPF sunscreen:
2%
I'm going to buy a better air conditioner:
9%
I'm going to start the reading list sooner:
14%
I'm going to pick a different place for a vacation:
10%
I'm going to send the kids to relatives or to camp sooner or longer:
3%
I'm going to burn my swimming suit and never buy another one:
2%
I'm going to have a summer romance:
6%
Something else:
36%
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What is your personal mantra for the next few weeks?
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Back to school!:
10%
Go Rams!:
14%
Go Cardinals!:
26%
Charge it!:
3%
Hot enough for you?:
8%
I forgot my mantra:
39%
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Bonus question:
Who is St. Louis's most iconic living figure?
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Jerry Berger:
1%
Raja the Elephant:
2%
Bill McClellan:
8%
Ozzie Smith:
6%
Frankie Muse Freeman:
3%
Stan Musial:
58%
Fr. Larry Biondi:
1%
Joe Edwards:
5%
Bob Cassilly:
4%
Someone else:
10%
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