5. Los Angeles, The 10 Most Vain Cities

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The 10 Most Vain Cities

Mirror, mirror on the wall, which cities in the U.S. are the vainest of them all?

October 14, 2009 | 26 COMMENTS

5. Los Angeles

Of course you thought Silicone City would top the list of cities obsessed with looks -- and it does in some categories. There are 4.1 plastic surgeons per 100,000 people, and Angelenos spend nearly $50 million a year on cosmetics, hair products and skin care. California has more hair restoration surgeons than any other state, and we're betting they're heavily concentrated here. Number of personal care businesses? More than 3,700 -- second only to New York City.

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I don't know if I understand or agree with your methods for discerning which cities are the most "vain" or your definition of vain, really, but still an interesting read!

by schien Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 11:15PM Report as inappropriate

wow. my city made it. not surprised!!

by Chris213 Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 06:03PM Report as inappropriate

Seems like a very petty article.

by robyne00 Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 02:40PM Report as inappropriate

hahaha yea very materialistic people here in Florida. I guess it puts people under pressure when you have year round nice weather to be out on the beach!

by lisiana_de_bem_justino Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 08:04PM Report as inappropriate

I think people in San Francisco are a bit more laid back personally.

by beautybody Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 09:12PM Report as inappropriate

wow glad my city didn't make it there...but the state did on a couple occasions...

by ruby_chang Monday, March 26, 2012 at 11:15PM Report as inappropriate

hmm true

by Nicole2814 Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 07:49PM Report as inappropriate

what dumb-ass came up with the idea to do this story. all the data is almost a decade old and none of the the numbers are cross matched to account for population difference.

by dashike913 Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 07:39AM Report as inappropriate

Of course Los Angeles was going to make the list.

by andyv1217 Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 10:12PM Report as inappropriate

I wanna move to Manhattan soooo bad! Id love to have a thousand awesome salones, spas, make up stores, etc to choose from! Not to mention the rooftop yoga sessions and thousands of tings to do if you get bored! Thats my dream city!!!!!

by anna_davis Monday, November 7, 2011 at 10:32AM Report as inappropriate

West V? I understand Miami and all though...

by Only1KimmieD Friday, October 14, 2011 at 09:01AM Report as inappropriate

how can a city be vain??

by Bon_Bon Monday, August 15, 2011 at 08:58PM Report as inappropriate

some surprising...some not so much..

by CaiCai Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 01:31PM Report as inappropriate

aww... I was surprised to see San Francisco on the list, I love that city!

by awan0912 Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 12:04PM Report as inappropriate

Wow, Charleston has more tanning beds per person than any other city?! That's crazy.

by LipglossandSpandex Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 10:55PM Report as inappropriate

San Francisco isn't too shy on the vain scale either!

by CeeNee888 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 01:16PM Report as inappropriate

This article is so interesting. I was surpised to see some of them up there, W. Virginia? Utah? Kentucky? Really? lol Just proved me not to assume. And NYC does have TONS of spas, salons, Sephora's on every corner...can you blame us?

by msbrown822 Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:59AM Report as inappropriate

a lot of these cities also have a lot of plastic surgery lol. miami is very vain!

by kenya Monday, April 11, 2011 at 09:39AM Report as inappropriate

I think it's kind of funny that only 4 of these are also on the list of cities with most attractive people. :)

by mkgx7 Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:42PM Report as inappropriate

Los Angeles should have been number one. Insanely vain people there.

by emmabeauty Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 03:00AM Report as inappropriate

Yeah I think I pretty much guessed San Diego would be on this list. Is it bad I want to move there??

by Bon_Bon Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 12:45AM Report as inappropriate

New York City!

by LittleBunny Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 06:00PM Report as inappropriate

Anyone who has traveled a lot and been to Los Angeles just KNOWS it should have been number one. It may not have the highest plastic surgeon to mere mortal ratio or whatever metrics were used to determine the rankings but it is out of this world. And it's attack of the clones out there. Not a whole lot of variety in style....

by crownjules Monday, January 10, 2011 at 06:39PM Report as inappropriate

You have do to be kidding me!! Scottsdale AZ is not on this list!!!!! How is that possible???

by ajajade6220 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 06:34PM Report as inappropriate

"Kentucky" is spelled incorrectly in the photo accompanying the Louisville write-up. Oops. :)

by lonestarmama Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 07:34AM Report as inappropriate

California have atleast two vain cities. LOL-How unpredictable ? [;

by ifuseekamy Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 07:28PM Report as inappropriate

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