Greensboro gets no love from Men’s Health. why not cut off the list at 100?

Impotence Hits Where You Live

Did I mention I’m a non-smoker?

It doesn’t take a degree in marketing to recognize that sex sells cigarettes, what with nearly every ad being some variation on the smokin’-hot-woman-wants-heavy-smoking-man theme. There is, however, a basic flaw in the idea that nicotine equals nooky: Studies show that smoking raises the risk of erectile dysfunction. Witness the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, home of the third-largest tobacco manufacturer in the United States — and, based on our rankings, the nation’s limpest city. In fact, at last count, there were 53 percent more people lighting up in Greensboro than in San Francisco, where guys always rise and shine.

We analyzed per-capita sales of the ED drugs Cialis, Levitra, and Viagra for each city, courtesy of NDC Health. And since obesity increases the odds of impotence by 79 percent, we also considered the fat factor, tapping stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After the requisite number crunching, we had the hard data to pinpoint the Greensboros — and those cities that are more like bedroom communities.

1. San Francisco, CA A+

2. Colorado Springs, CO A+

3. Denver, CO A+

4. Boise, ID A

5. Oakland, CA A

6. Portland, OR A

7. Providence, RI A

8. Lincoln, NE A

9. San Diego, CA: A

10. Laredo, TX: A

11. New York, NY: A

12. Bakersfield, CA: A

13. Miami, FL: A-

14. Spokane, WA: A-

15. Riverside, CA: A-

16. Stockton, CA: A-

17. El Paso, TX: A-

18. Sacramento, CA: A-

19. Long Beach, CA: B+

20. Los Angeles, CA: B+

21. Tacoma, WA: B+

22. Anaheim, CA: B+

23. Mesa, AZ: B+

24. Phoenix, AZ: B+

25. Austin, TX: B+

26. Modesto, CA: B+

27. Tucson, AZ: B+

28. Akron, OH: B

29. Madison, WI: B

30. San Jose, CA: B

31. Anchorage, AK: B

32. Minneapolis, MN: B

33. St. Paul, MN: B

34. Omaha, NE: B

35. Aurora, CO: B

36. Albuquerque, NM: B-

37. Yonkers, NY: B-

38. Salt Lake City, UT: B-

39. Fresno, CA: B-

40. Milwaukee, WI: B-

41. Seattle, WA B-

42. Scottsdale, AZ B-

43. Honolulu, HI B-

44. Buffalo, NY: B-

45. Rochester, NY: B-

46. Des Moines, IA: B-

47. Lubbock, TX: B-

48. Oklahoma City, OK: B-

49. San Antonio, TX: B-

50. Las Vegas, NV: C+

51. Garland, TX: C+

52. Plano, TX: C+

53. Orlando, FL: C+

54. Cincinnati, OH: C+

55. Toledo, OH: C+

56. Wichita, KS: C+

57. Corpus Christi, TX: C+

58. Tulsa, OK: C+

59. Arlington, TX: C+

60. Fort Worth, TX: C+

61. Hartford, CT: C

62. Columbus, OH: C

63. Pittsburgh, PA: C

64. Dallas, TX: C

65. Philadelphia, PA: C

66. Newark, NJ: C

67. Chesapeake, VA: C

68. Washington, DC: C-

69. St. Petersburg, FL: C-

70. Tampa, FL: C-

71. Fremont, CA: C-

72. Louisville, KY: C-

73. Houston, TX: C-

74. Little Rock, AR: C-

75. Cleveland, OH: C-

76. Boston, MA: C-

77. St. Louis, MO: C-

78. Atlanta, GA: C-

79. Nashville, TN: C-

80. Kansas City, MO: C-

81. Jacksonville, FL: D+

82. Richmond, VA: D+

83. Baltimore, MD: D+

84. Lexington, KY: D+

85. Indianapolis, IN: D+

86. Jersey City, NJ: D

87. Fort Wayne, IN: D

88. Charlotte, NC: D

89. Durham, NC: D

90. Raleigh, NC: D

91. Baton Rouge, LA: D

92. Grand Rapids, MI: D

93. Norfolk, VA: D

94. Virginia Beach, VA: D

95. Memphis, TN: D-

96. Detroit, MI: D-

97. Chicago, IL: D-

98. Birmingham, AL: F

99. Shreveport, LA: F

100. Montgomery, AL: F

101. Greensboro, NC: F