San Antonio and Seattle top Amazon’s romantic list

Amazon did a bit of Valentine’s Day data mining of sales of romance novels and sexy music to come up with its fifth annual list of the nation’s top 20 romantic cities. And people are worried about the NSA’s activities?

Topping the list were San Antonio, Seattle, Knoxville, Tenn., Miami and Alexandria, Va. The company compiled sales data of romance novels and relationship books and romantic music from crooners such as Dean Martin, Barry White and Luther Vandross. The company also looked at sales data for sexual wellness product among cities with more than 100,000 residents.

The Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in the U.S. are:



1. San Antonio

2. Seattle

3. Knoxville, Tenn.

4. Miami

5. Alexandria, Va.

6. Orlando, Fla.

7. Vancouver, Wash.

8. Cincinnati

9. Spokane, Wash.

10. Dayton, Ohio

11. Columbia, S.C.

12. San Jose, Calif.

13. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

14. Round Rock, Texas

15. Sioux City, S.D.

16. Las Vegas

17. Pittsburgh

18. Everett, Wash.

19. Erie, Pa.

20. Clearwater, Fla.