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Are Concert Tickets Too Expensive?
People think the cost of concert tickets is too high and almost two-thirds of adults say they haven’t attended a concert in the past year, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports. Seventy percent of adults polled said the cost of attending a concert was too much. More than a third said they would not spend more than $25 for concert tickets, while another third said they would spend $50. Asked who most influenced ticket prices, 42% said the performers, 21% put it on the venues, and 17% said it was ticket services responsible for the high prices. Women are more likely than men to think concert ticket prices are too high.
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Fun Facebook Facts
Facebook is now celebrating 500 million members. The website that Mark Zuckerberg founded in early 2004 has grown faster than any other medium in history. According to Socialnomics.net, reaching an audience of 50 million took TV took 13 years, and the Internet took 4 years. Facebook had 100 million users within 9 months of its launch. Here are some more fun Facebook facts compiled by Huffingtonpost.com and PC world:
· Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is the world’s youngest self-made billionaire.
· Facebook’s original logo was Al Pacino’s face.
· On average, 200,000 people log onto Facebook daily. They stay for an average of 55 minutes.
· The average user has 130 friends.
· Facebook’s fastest-growing demographic: women over the age of 55. The number of users over 55 increased over 900% between 2009 and 2010. During the same time period, the number of college students joining Facebook fell by 55%.
· Women have 55% more posts on their Facebook walls than men.
· Facebook contains “Easter eggs” hidden throughout the site that frequently take the form of movie quotes.
· If Facebook were its own country, it would be the third most populous nation in the world, behind China and India.
· Facebook has well over 60 official languages, and a few fun dialects like Pirate English.
· The largest number of Facebook users lives in North America, with 35.4% actively logging on every month.
· Even at its peak, AOL was only one-fifteenth the size of what Facebook is now.
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Top Travel Spending Cities
In 2009, the average American household spent $1,571 on travel, including airfare, rental cars, hotels and the like. But residents of Arlington, Virginia, spent more than twice that, about $3,534, according to a new report from Bundle.com. Surprisingly, residents of some high-unemployment cities spent relatively high amounts on travel. For example, in Detroit, where unemployment is double the national average, households spent an average of $1,158. Here’s the breakdown of the highest- and lowest-spending cities.
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The top 10:
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1. Arlington, VA
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$3,534
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6. Fremont, CA
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$2,976
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2. San Francisco, CA
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$3,460
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7. Austin, TX
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$2,852
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3. Washington, DC
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$3,409
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8. Seattle, WA
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$2,658
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4. Scottsdale, AZ
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$3,372
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9. Reno, NV
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$2,613
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5. New York, NY
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$3,274
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10. Oakland, CA
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$2,562
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The bottom five:
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1. Garland, TX
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$647
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4. Lexington, KY
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$809
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2. Chula Vista, CA
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$676
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5. Greensboro, NC
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$820
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3. Memphis, TN
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$683
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