Charlotte, North Carolina is about as manly a town as you'll find.  Mars Chocolate has named it the manliest city in America.  The company created its rankings of 50 metropolitan regions by analyzing such factors as number of the number of hardware stores, steak houses, pickup trucks and motorcycles per capita.  The number of masculine jobs, like firefighters and police officers, was also taken into account, as were TV viewing habits, the number of professional sports teams and the purchase rate for salty snacks.

Here's a look at the 50 manliest cities, according to Mars Chocolate:

1. Charlotte, North Carolina
2. Columbus, Ohio
3. Kansas City, Missouri
4. Nashville
5. Baltimore
6. Milwaukee
7. Chicago
8. Indianapolis
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Philadelphia
11. Denver
12. St. Louis
13. Columbia, South Carolina
14. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
15. Cleveland
16. Orlando
17. Salt Lake City, Utah
18. Birmingham, Alabama
19. Detroit
20. Cincinnati
21. Richmond, Virginia
22. New Orleans
23. Phoenix
24. Houston
25. Oklahoma City
26. Toledo, Ohio
27. Minneapolis
28. Memphis
29. Louisville, Kentucky
30. Seattle
31. Boston
32. Atlanta
33. Providence, Rhode Island
34. Dayton, Ohio
35. New York City
36. Jacksonville, Florida
37. Pittsburgh
38. Grand Rapids, Michigan
39. Dallas
40. Rochester, New York
41. Las Vegas
42. San Diego
43. San Francisco
44. Tampa
45. Sacramento
46. Buffalo
47. Oakland
48. Los Angeles
49. Miami
50. Portland, Oregon