Nashville, Tenn., is the manliest city in these United States. At least according to a survey done by snack-food brand Combos, as part of their ad campaign promoting "Combivore Living." (A lifestyle that will surely lead to scurvy.)

To reach this conclusion, cities were given points for masculine traits such as professional sports teams, hardware stores per capita, popularity of hunting, and propensity to throw monster-truck rallies. On the other hand, points were subtracted for emasculating features like high minivan sales, an abundance of home-furnishing stores, and subscription rates to beauty magazines.

While Charlotte, N.C., came in at number two, New York City finished at the bottom among the 50 ranked metropolitan areas.

Not to take anything away from Nashville, with its booze-soaked country-music scene and, apparently, killer monster-truck rallies, but there is something off when NYC is dead last. (San Francisco, anyone?) Maybe it's the Big Apple's high beauty-mag rate -- a result of its prominent fashion industry. Some would argue that being surrounded by women who strive to look good and are always cognitive of the latest "25 Ways to Please Your Man in Bed" shouldn't subtract from manliness at all.

Most Manly Cities

    10. Toledo, Ohio -- Stop by "The Auto Parts Capital of the World" and get that bored-out carb you've always dreamed about.

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    9. Indianapolis, Ind. -- 500 laps of fuel-injected racing, breathe deep.

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    8. Kansas City, MO -- This town is chock full of fountains (second only to Rome). But that's kinda girly. Wait, it's the BBQ Capital of the World, and every visit sticks with you for week afterward.

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    7. Columbus, Ohio -- Just consider the sports luminaries who went to Ohio State: Jesse Owens, Jack Nicklaus, John Havlicek, Bobby Knight (OK, they can't all be luminous). But don't forget the Buckeyes!

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    6. St. Louis -- These dudes spent two years building an arch made out of steel just to prove a point about being the "Gateway to West." That, and they must have been really bored.

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    5. Denver -- Denver ranks first in the nation in beer production per capita, and second in the number of breweries. Average it out, and that means it will always be ranked 1.5 in our hearts.

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    4. Cincinnati

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    3. Oklahoma City

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    2. Charlotte, NC

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    1. Nashville

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Least Manly Cities

    10. Sacramento, Calif. -- Who cares of Ahnold uses the Californa Capital as his hub? Its rivers are a big attraction for rafters and kayakers who seem like a bunch of sissy boys afraid of pistons, gas pedals and heavy torquing.

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    9. Miami, Fla. -- The town is known for pastel buildings and disco music. Do we really need to get into the sordid details of the muscly sun-bathers' private lives to prove our point?

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    8. San Diego, Calif. -- San Diego is also a necca for "Aggressive Rollerblading." No rollerblading, regardless of how aggressive, is macho.

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    7. Oakland, Calif. -- We're not exactly sure how Oakland got on the least-macho list. Whoever did the voting must not realize this town is a hub for the Hells Angels, Black Panther Party, Bloods and Crips and a little thing we like to call crack.

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    6. Washington, D.C. -- A town known for a government where compromise and reasoning are valued? Who needs it. The best kind of lawmaking involves guns and lynching. Who's with us?!??! Round up the posse!

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    5. Chicago -- In 2008, GQ lauded Chi-town as "City of the Year" from GQ for its world-class architecture and literature, which means it's obviously lost the gangster edge it once had. Plus there's Oprah and improv actors, That tells you a handful of guys with tasers could probably kick in the entire town's butt, especially since they're all gonna be weighted down by deep-dish pizza.

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    4. Portland, Oregon -- The town is best-known for microbreweries. Don't let anyone who fool ya, it's the size of the brewery that matters.

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    3. Los Angeles, Calif. -- Please fill in your own cliche Hollywood joke here. Bonus points for name-checking Andy Dick.

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    2. San Francisco, Calif. -- Anyone who thinks San Francisco isn't macho obviously hasn't seen the leather-clad cruisers of the Tenderloin district.

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    1. New York, N.Y. -- Oh, so the City that never sleeps ain't manly enough for ya? How 'bout youse guyz who made dis little joke list stop by the Asylum offices and we'll see "Que es mas macho?"

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