T+L's friendliness ranking identifies a drop in aloha

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 13, 2012

~~<p>It's time to take our self-esteem's temperature. The annual Travel + Leisure magazine "America's Favorite Cities" survey pits Honolulu against 34 other cities — and we could do a whole lot better. Oh sure, we had four consecutive years as the No. 1 city for a romantic escape, but that fell to No. 4 last year.</p>
<p>T+L is offering a chance at a $25,000 trip to people who rate their city, and as many others as they'd like, on more than 50 characteristics spread across eight categories: Best Times to Visit; Nightlife; People; Quality of Life and Visitor Experience; Shopping; Food/Drink/ Restaurants; Type of Trip; and Culture.</p>
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It's time to take our self-esteem's temperature. The annual Travel + Leisure magazine "America's Favorite Cities" survey pits Honolulu against 34 other cities — and we could do a whole lot better. Oh sure, we had four consecutive years as the No. 1 city for a romantic escape, but that fell to No. 4 last year.

T+L is offering a chance at a $25,000 trip to people who rate their city, and as many others as they'd like, on more than 50 characteristics spread across eight categories: Best Times to Visit; Nightlife; People; Quality of Life and Visitor Experience; Shopping; Food/Drink/ Restaurants; Type of Trip; and Culture. Login for more...