Top 5 Cities for Metrosexuals

Metrosexuals are often associated with urban culture. Sometimes a yuppie and a metrosexual can be confused as the same thing, although they are not. Here are the top 5 cities (in no particular order) for metrosexuals to live in:

Paris, France

o Paris, France. A fashion capital of the world, in a socially liberal country. Metrosexuals are so common in France, that the term almost does not exist. Paris is known for its art, it’s women and its relaxed lifestyle. Paris is a great location for metrosexuals.

New York City, United States

o New York, New York. In a city so large, nobody seems out of place. You can walk around Times Square, and see a man in an orange hat, bright green wedding gown and purple cowboy boots with golden spurs, and not even flinch. New York city is full of metrosexual hot spots, and the fashion is superb. In the city that never sleeps, metrosexuals will find pleasure.

Montreal, Canada

o Paris meets New York. In French Canada’s prized city, Metrosexuals will find themselves in utopia. The city’s superb architecture and its never-ending nightlife make this the perfect spot for the fancy urban metrosexual. Did we forget to mention that it is also known for having the most beautiful single ladies in the world?

Sydney, Australia

o Australia is always so peaceful. Sydney is known for the fashion, the love, and the at-home feeling all around the city. Sydney, Australia is a fantastic place for the metrosexual who just wants to relax and live the good life!

London, United Kingdom

o London, one of the fanciest and most bourgeois cities in the world. The metrosexual can enjoy the fashion weeks, and always be 2 steps ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to looking good. The style is distinct and uncontested; London is for the metrosexual who wants to look better than anyone else.

Metrosexuals and Blogs

Barney Stinson, the infamous metrosexual womanizer on CBS’s How I Met Your Mother is known for his line “Don’t you read my blog?” Metrosexuals were never known for blogging, but why not? Barney Stinson makes metrosexuals think, why not start a blog? It may not seem relevant to metrosexuality, but blogging can be a very useful tool in defining your personality. By starting a blog, you are putting yourself and your thoughts out for the world to see. When you search google for your name, www.yourname.com will show up! When your name is in google, you present an image of success, and being successful is important to metrosexuality. Metrosexuals aren’t just men who care about how they look, they also have other attributes which are important to them, and one of them is success. Being famous, or being somewhat well-known to the public represents some sort of success. People will follow you, and look up to you.

Blogging is not a difficult task to do, you can either start one for free at www.blogger.com, you can pay $10 a year for a .com, or you can make your blog look professional by buying hosting and installing wordpress on it. You can literally blog about anything, just make sure that you promote it! Put it on your business card, www.yourname.com and people will be impressed. Write about your life, write about your thoughts, and write whatever you like. A blog is like your journal, or a memoir, and you’re just writing it for the world to see and get a glimpse of who you are!

Metrosexual blogging can be a great asset to define and re-enforce your personality, so what are you waiting for? Start one!

Metrosexual Budget

 

How do metrosexuals spend their money? Good question. Here’s a chart to show you how a metrosexual divides his money for the week:

The basic breakdowns on a $5000 monthly budget are: 

• Fine Dining: 30%, or $1500. This is not your entire weekly food budget, in fact, that’s a little too stingy for a metrosexual. Food itself should be costing you around $50 a day average. Eat breakfast at home, make some scrambled eggs and toast, or cereal, whatever you like, BUT you must stop at a Starbucks, or Tim Hortons, to grab a fine Latte, Chai, Green tea, or whatever you prefer. Coffee shops are a metrosexual’s heaven. Bring your laptop and do your work to the coffee shop, or arrange informal meetings at a coffee shop. Also, for lunch and dinner, go a little extra and order a fine wine or cognac. This is a metrosexual’s success presentation!

• Style: 20% or $1000 a month. Every other week, treat yourself to a hair appointment, manicure (and pedicure if you wish), and also hit the gym 2-3 times a week, this should cost you around $100-$250 a month.  Then you have $750-$900 to spend on clothing. Yes, this makes sense, you be buying some new clothes; suits, shirts, jeans, shoes, whatever, but this is important for you to maintain your style.

• Savings and Investments: 50% or $2500 a month. The rest of your money should be going to your investments, whether stocks, bonds, real estate, or businesses. Your mortgage should be paid with this money (and mortgages do count as an investment, it is real estate). The rest of the money you should put in some sort of savings, whether stocks or your savings account.

A metrosexual’s spending habits attribute to his success!

Metrosexual Charm

What exactly is metrosexual charm? Metrosexual charm is a combination of elements in your personality that basically make your more likable. As a metrosexual, your charm is important to helping you succeed in life. It will help you socially with women and with people in general, making you more successful. 

Charm is made up numerous personality elements. The most basic element to charm is friendliness. To be charming you must be social, you have to make people feel like they know you. This may sound harder than it actually is; it simply means that you have to relate to people. Just be talkative, not over the top where you don’t shut up, but answer people’s questions and ask questions.  This will keep a conversation going, by both sides engaging in communication. When people ask you a question, do not give them one word answers, just elaborate and explain yourself. When you are done, ask a question that relates to the person whom you are speaking with. In turn, they will do the same, and you will become more likable. Be humorous, but not offensive. Smile, it makes you more approachable.

Another element to charm is your presentation. Make yourself look like you care about your looks. Dress appropriately, and groom, do not look like a bum. Wearing a baseball cap, sporting an unshaved beard, t-shirt, shorts and flip flops may be very comfortable, but if you are trying to be charming, you will look like a bum. Look good, and smile!

Last element to charm is the illusion of success. Travel, study art, etc. You will have stories to talk about, and people will be engaged in your tales of fine living. Do not brag, but every now and then you can relate to a conversation with a story about your adventures in France and your discovery of the history of the Eiffel Tower’s architecture. 

All the elements of charm make you more successful. It will not come to your overnight, but with practice and experience, you will become a pro at being charming. It will help you with your entire life overall!

Definition of a Metrosexual

What is a metrosexual? Well, according to Wikipedia;

“Metrosexual is a neologism of the 2000s generally applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, and/or whose lifestyles display attributes stereotypically attributed to gay men. This may also include extreme vanity. Other aspects of metrosexuality may include plucking eye brows and particular attention to skin care, hair style or clothing fashions.”

That pretty much sums it up, especially the part where a metrosexual man is just a heterosexual man with a concern for his appearance and lifestyle is stereotypically attributed to gay men. This does not just mean that a metrosexual is a heterosexual man who cares about his appearance, but it also means that a metrosexual man cares about his lifestyle in general. Metrosexuals also have a strong successful vibe to them. Think of Barney Stinson, Joey Tribbiani, or even Patrick Bateman (minus the serial killer part). These are great examples of metrosexual men. The yuppie is very similar to a metrosexual, a young urban professional who has a strong concern about his looks.

Metrosexuals also have a keen sense of art, of fine-living and of success. Fine living is very important. For the metrosexual, long gone are the days of “beer makes you manly” and now it is “an apple martini with a side of lime is finer”. The metrosexual also dresses in brand name fashion, not only because it looks good, but also because it is expensive and finer than regular clothing.

In my books, metrosexuals are heterosexual men in an urban environment who have a concern for their appearance and enjoy fine living.