First, we’re ranked the ugliest city in America. Now, apparently, we don’t know how to party either.

This past week, Maxim released their highly scientific list of top-10 party cities in the United States.

Based on such factors as male to female ratio, the number of bars per-capita, noise ordinance complaints, and number of four-year college students, Miami took the top spot, followed by Los Angeles and Atlanta.

While the results seem to be based on the cold, hard data, I can’t help but wonder if the formula is correct. While Philly didn’t even make the list, my hometown, Detroit, took number seven. As much as I love the D, I wouldn’t exactly call it a party town.

Tampa snagged the 6th spot, seemingly primarily on its 49 strip clubs. Ummm, did we mix up the “party city” and “sleazy city” lists?

While Philly overflows with college-kids (many from the “party Ivy,” no less), clubs, and bars downtown, Maxim overlooked us. But should they ever visit the Party-delphia, I’m sure they’d change their mind.

When I first heard about Philadelphia’s carshare program, I thought it was only good for one thing:

But while the hyphy movement has faded, Philly CarShare is still going strong. Why? Part of the reason is that it’s perfect for college students.

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I’m pretty cynical about a lot of things. The justice system? Definitely. But every once in a while, I read a story that just leaves me speechless with disbelief.

Seriously, wtf?!.

Essentially, a woman placed an ad on Craigslist and met the guy who answered in North Philly. They negotiated a deal for an hour of oral and vaginal sex (for one hundred and fifty dollars), but then he and two friends raped her at gunpoint instead. Since she consented to have sex with the man beforehand and didn’t get paid, Municipal Judge Teresa Carr Deni decided that it wasn’t rape or assault, just “theft of services.”

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