Gypped on the grill list
So that little inferiority complex Robert Bell mentioned on the front page of today's paper?
Yeah, well here's yet another case where Charlotte outranks Greensboro: Grilling.
No kidding. Blue Rhino just released a list of its top 100 cities for grilling, and the Winston-Salem company showed little loyalty to the Triad. Greensboro, lumped with High Point and Winston no less, ranks 73rd. We're outranked by Charlotte (50th) and Asheville (68th).
But the Triad's grilling faithful can take comfort in the fact that we beat Raleigh - which ranked 88th on the Blue Rhino lineup.
The list, compiled using information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, took into account the ideal grilling day, which Blue Rhino defines as a summer day with sun, temperatures lower than 90 degrees, and no rain. The cities with potential for the most such days ranked near the top of the list (Hence No. 1: Sacramento, Calif.), while those with less idyllic weather piled up at the bottom (No. 100: Anchorage, Alaska).
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