Stats - The Best City Issue

Based on last week's poll about the Best Canadian (Provincial City), Vancouver beat out Montreal as the best city by a narrow margin.  With an underwhelming amount of votes, Vancouver won after getting that crucial second vote, breaking it's tie with Montreal which finished with one vote.

I'll admit that putting polls on the blog sidebar was a long shot attempt to get some reader participation but this one makes me just a touch sad; the kind of sad that can only be cured by the mini Kit-Kat hiding on my bookcase.  Thankfully, that means I'll be all smiles again in about 2 minutes =)  See, just thinking about the chocolate is making me smile already!

While I of course voted for Vancouver, I have to be honest and admit I've only visited four (Vancouver - obviously since I live here, Victoria, Toronto, and Ottawa) out of the ten cities included in the poll.  The other six cities were Calgary, Montreal, Quebec City, Charlottetown, Halifax, and St. John's for those of you who didn't vote.

Hopefully some of you will feel under-represented by this lopsided victory that you'll actually vote next time =p  Either way, I'm glad Vancouver topped the list and can't wait to get a chance to visit the rest of the cities on the list!

Stats - The Opposite Sex Friend Issue

I love that you guys are slowly but surely participating!  Considering I expected about 3 people to read this blog, I am blown away that we're in double digits and that you vote in polls and actually comment.  Like with so many other things in life, getting feedback is what keeps me going.  Last week's poll, "Can guys and girls just be friends?" sparked a few face to face debates which was good but disappointing because my memory is faulty when mixed with alcohol.  It was interesting to see people change their votes over the course of the week because this is a topic most people are quite firm (a.k.a. narrow minded or stubborn) about.

50% of voters went for a direct answer, with 17% voting YES and 33% voting NO.  As expected, the remaining 50% said it DEPENDS on the people involved.  I think this is a reasonable answer because it's impossible to predict the success of friendships between males and females when there are an infinite number of factors to take into consideration.

You've all had a chance to read my thoughts on this but I have to wonder, do any of you readers want to elaborate on your answers?  Sharing is caring friends so feel free to let your opinions flow =)