This might be an interesting study for salon owners. A study commissioned by Totalbeauty.com determine the cities to experience a “good hair day” and “bad hair day”

The study examined average humidity levels, pollution, rainfall, wind speeds, water hardness and demographics, and took into account the number of beauty salons per capita to determine rankings for the cities with the best – and worst – conditions for healthy, stylish hair. (marketingcharts.com)

Santa Barbara consistently has clean air, near-constant, hair-friendly weather, a young population, and not much rain or wind, reported TotalBeauty.com.

Cities at the other end of the weather spectrum made the best list as well. While Anchorage, Alaska doesn’t have year-round warmth, it lacks pollution and wind, while having soft water. Similarly, New York, N.Y.’s clean, soft water and abundance of salons help make it on the list, and Miami’s lack of pollution and soft water compensate for the city’s notorious heat and humidity.

Cities with low rankings were typically characterized as hair-unfriendly because of their  humidity, hard water and a lack of hair salons.

Totalbeauty.com attributes the high humidity levels in Corpus Christi as one of the factors that make it the top “bad hair day” city in the US, while the dry/hot weather and hard water in Albuquerque, Las Vegas and Phoenix contribute to those cities’ low rankings.