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Midwest Most Romantic Region in U.S.

If, that is, by "most romantic" you mean the place where they rent more romantic comedies from automated kiosks outside supermarkets and drugstores than anyplace else in America.

Redbox has pinpointed the most romantic place in America and that place is ...

LaCrosse, WI!

Now, we know what you're thinking. And what you're thinking is: LaCrosse? Wisconsin? You've got to be kidding.

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But we're not kidding. And neither are the people of Redbox, who used a highly scientific method to determine the most and least romantic cities in the U.S.

That method involved counting the number of romantic comedies that were rented out of Redbox kiosks in a particular municipality. The higher the number of romantic comedies, Redbox researchers maintain, the more romantic the town.

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The actual study involved much more data and was actually very highly complicated. Wait, no it wasn't. It just came down to how many romantic comedies were rented in different places.

To no ones surprise, the Midwest was hands-down the most romantic region in America. In fact, the entire top 10 was comprised of Midwestern cities.

Also to no ones surprise, the least romantic part of the country was the south. Especially if you consider Texas to be part of the south, which we at the Shorewood Patch do.

Speaking of , it wasn't on either the 10 best or worst lists, which is a problem right there. Because if you know anything about Shorewood, or about romance, you know Shorewood is one romantic town. Defintely more romantic than LaCrosse, or anyplace else in Wisconsin.

Just because we don't rent a lot of romantic comedies doesn't make us any less romantic, no matter what Redbox has to say about it. We just have better things to do than sit home and watch videos every night.

Whatever. Here are the lists:

Most romantic cities

  1. La Crosse, WI
  2. Green Bay, WI
  3. Ames, IA
  4. Cedar Rapids, IA
  5. Sioux Falls, SD
  6. Wausau, WI
  7. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, MI
  8. Fargo, ND
  9. Madison, WI
  10. Mankato, MN

Least romantic cities

  1. Laredo, TX
  2. Midland, TX
  3. Greenwood, MS
  4. Victoria, TX
  5. Eureka, CA
  6. Odessa, TX
  7. Las Vegas, NV
  8. Florence, SC
  9. Meridian, MS
  10. Tucson, AZ


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