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Smuttiest city in TeXXXas: Austin edges out Houston & Dallas in porn-lovin' list

Here’s another notable item Austin can add to its growing lists of accomplishments. In addition to being named one of the Top 10 places for Businesses and Careers, the Texas capital can now proudly say that it’s one of the Top 10 “Smuttiest Cities” in America thanks to an article by Men’s Health.

According to the article, the rankings were tabulated by looking at the number of DVDs purchased, rented or streamed via AdultDVDEmpire.com; adult entertainment stores per city; a look at Google Insights to see the rate of porn searches per city; and finally, a look at how many subscribing households there are for ~~Skinemax~~ Cinemax.

Orlando was crowned the porn capital — I suppose dreams really do come true there — while Austin rounded out the Top 10.

Orlando was crowned the porn capital — I suppose dreams really do come true there — while Austin rounded out the Top 10.

The Top 10 Cities:

1. Orlando, FL
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. Wilmington, DE
4. Raleigh, NC
5. Charlotte, NC
6. Minneapolis, MN
7. Atlanta, GA
8. Tampa, FL
9. Anchorage, AK
10. Austin, TX

It looks like Florida and North Carolina are booming states when it comes to the consumption of pornography, each taking two spots in the list.

Houston is the next Texas city to make the list at number 13 with Dallas close behind at 15 while Laredo and Lubbock fall under the "Avert Their Eyes" category at numbers 95 and 96 respectively.

To view the complete list, click here.

H-Town rising

Houston leaps back into top 50 'World's Best Cities' list for 2025

Downtown Houston skyline at night

Photo by Adrian Newell on Unsplash

Houston made a big leap back into the top 50, ranking No. 40, after previously plummeting into No. 72 last year.

Lively Houston has regained its rightful place among the top 50 best cities in the world, according to a prestigious new report by Resonance Consultancy.

The Canada-based real estate and tourism marketing advisors ranked Houston the 40th best city worldwide for 2025 in its annual "World's Best Cities" list.

The report quantifies the relative qualities of livability, "lovability," and prosperity for the world's top 100 cities with metropolitan populations of 1 million or more. New to the 10th anniversary edition, Resonance partnered with global market researchers Ipsos to include perception-based data into the rankings, surveying over 22,000 people in 30 countries worldwide to determine "the most desirable places to visit, live or work."

Houston made a major rebound after plummeting to No. 73 in last year's report. In 2022, Houston ranked No. 42.

Resonance refers to its previous "World's Best Cities" reports and its 2024 "America's Best Cities" list – which ranked Houston in the top 10 – when explaining the Bayou City's successes. The report praised Houston's vast cultural diversity and placed a great focus on its economic prosperity, even going so far as to suggest Houston residents make more money "and can sock more away."

"...[W]here America’s fourth-largest city truly takes off is in its economic heft and wealth, ranking No. 9 globally for GDP per Capita and No. 14 for Fortune 500 companies in town," the report said. "All that rolls up into an overall Prosperity index ranking of No. 36, which is even more impressive given the No. 14-ranked Price-to Income Ratio [of the city]."

Elsewhere in Texas, Austin and Dallas also earned spots on the World's Best Cities list for 2025, but only one made a similar rebound from the previous year's rankings. Dallas moved up from No. 66 in last year's report to its current rank as No. 55. Meanwhile, Austin took its first tumble out of the 43rd spot (which it had occupied for two years straight) and now ranks No. 53.

London held onto its crown as the No. 1 best city in the world for 2025, followed by New York (No. 2), Paris (No. 3), Tokyo (No. 4), and Singapore (No. 5).

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