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The 13 Worst-Hair Cities

These towns have the worst conditions for hair. Is it time for you to call the movers?

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We all have bad hair days, but instead of cursing the mighty hair gods and calling in sick, you might want to consider packing your bags. There are a number of factors contributing to frustrating frizz and dried out strands, but as it turns out it, they could all be due to the city you call home. From looking at national averages of humidity/wind/rain/sun, water-hardness, pollution levels and even the number of salons in the area, Totalbeauty.com has located the worst cities for your 'do. Did your city make the list?

By Anna Jimenez

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Phoenix is not a bad hair city! I live there and my hair looks the best when I'm home. There's no humidity so it doesn't get frizzy and contrary to what they say, it doesn't get dried out. Someone needs to do their research. Where are Honolulu and Miami? Humidity is your hair's worst enemy!

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by JulieEFebruary 06, 2010 at 06:46PM Report as inappropriate

wow, of course my home of pittsburgh PA made it on here. i will admit that my hair can get pretty frizzy and i have to do a lot to it, but its not polluted here. that was a long long long time ago wehn we had all of the steel mills here, but most of them are gone. there's just about as much pollution here as there is anywhere else.

by jessluvsnickjFebruary 06, 2010 at 11:27AM Report as inappropriate

I'm surprised VA and KS are not in this study, as it is pretty humid in these states and I have naturally curly hair. A mess w/frizz.

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by Junebug13February 05, 2010 at 01:55PM Report as inappropriate

Eugene is not humid! It rains a lot, but is in no way humid. It gets super hot and dry in the summer, and very rainy and cold basically from october through may. In fact, whenever I travel I'm shocked by how muggy it is in every other state but Oregon! The only thing that ruins your hair is the rain and wind.

by lindeezyFebruary 05, 2010 at 01:23PM Report as inappropriate

Whoever researched that Cincinnati only have eight hairstylists listed in the yellow pages does not do enough research. This is a large city. We are not in the back hills. Give me a break. Do you realize what year this is? I go to the hair salon every week, because I love the salon products and clean hair. I would not trust this information from a researchers who made that statement: only eight hairstylists listed on yellowpages.com. You are lazy!

by Cynthia137February 05, 2010 at 01:13PM Report as inappropriate

That's a lie. Cincinnati have a million hair stylists. I believe the water maybe the problem (chemicals and being hard water). But stylists is a joke. Come to Cincinnati it is a hair salon on every corner

by Cynthia137February 05, 2010 at 01:05PM Report as inappropriate

You forgot San Francisco- Where the fog rolls in *every night* over the Golden Gate Bridge. The days are barely warm and it rains for MONTHS at a time.

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by ShisteyFebruary 05, 2010 at 09:06AM Report as inappropriate

You forgot New York! It gets extremely humid and when I visited, I had to dump conditioner on my hair 3x a day to keep it from frizzing; haven't you seen "Sex in the City?" Sarah Jessica Parker's hair was all over the place!!

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by jacniceliFebruary 04, 2010 at 10:30PM Report as inappropriate

wow, i live in pensacola florida. and its raining right now

by soopphhiaaFebruary 04, 2010 at 04:26PM Report as inappropriate

The Spelling Cops here. Olympia is the capital city of Washington not the capitol city. The location of the seat of government is the capital with an "-al." The building where the legislature meets is the capitol building. That's capitol with an "-ol." No need to thank us because we're just helpful this way.

by SpellingCopsOctober 22, 2009 at 12:58PM Report as inappropriate