Least Fashionable Cities in America (24/7 Wall Street) - Page 2

"24/7 Wall St. set out to discover the least fashionable U.S. cities. We created an index of five measures: the number of fashion-related stores such as Macy's and Target; the number of luxury brand shops such as Gucci and Prada; fashion store headquarters; trade shows; and the number of fashion designers in each city. The presence of these features helps approximate an area population's concern with fashion. Following fashion trends and shopping for new styles are not activities limited to people with money, but a higher income certainly helps. Most of the cities that do not have a single luxury brand store, one headquarter of a big-name brand, or a lone fashion designer are low-income areas. Therefore, to more accurately identify how fashionable a community really is and to avoid equating low-income areas with the least fashionable, only cities with median annual household income greater than the comparable national median of $55,322 were considered on this list." - 247wallst.com