For Election Day, here’s a story about another sort of election: Baltimore has made it to the top of a list that no city wants to be on.

“America’s Least Attractive Cities” is an annual list compiled by the editors of Travel + Leisure magazine, based on a survey of its readers. The results, based on more than 50,000 votes from readers asked to rank cities in various categories, are posted on its website.

Last year Baltimore was ranked number four. This year, it moved to number one.

As writer Peter Schlesinger notes in an article online, the list is not a survey of the physical attributes of America’s cities, but rather of the people who live there. Schlesinger concedes in his writeup that “readers love Baltimore for its revitalized inner harbor and its beautiful historic sites – such as the Beaux Arts Pennsylvania Station.”

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