Amazon.com: Virginia really is for lovers

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Left your heart in San Francisco? According to Amazon.com, you might be able to find it in Alexandria, Va. Or, if you prefer someplace a bit warmer, Miami, Gainesville, or Berkeley.

Amazon has put together a list of the country’s 20 most romantic cities by looking at the per capita sales of romance novels, sex and relationship books, sexual wellness products, romantic comedy DVDs, and—of course—Barry White CDs. So which cities make the list? Check it out:

1. Alexandria, Va.
2. Miami, Fla.
3. Cambridge, Mass.
4. Ann Arbor, Mi.
5. Berkeley, Ca.
6. Gainesville, Fla.
7. Arlington, Va.
8. Salt Lake City, Utah
9. Pittsburgh, Pa.
10. Orlando, Fl.
11. Washington, D.C.
12. Bellevue, Wash.
13. Seattle, Wash.
14. Richmond, Va.
15. Cincinnati, Ohio
16. Knoxville, Tn.
17. Columbia, Mo.
18. Tallahassee, Fl.
19. Columbia, S.C.
20. Atlanta, Ga.

So people in Virginia and Florida consume a lot of romance-related products from the comfort of the Internet. Does that make their cities more romantic? Hardly. It just means you’re more likely to find someone who’s bought the latest Danielle Steel novel on Amazon in Alexandria, Va., than you are in Chicago and New York.

(Or El Monte, Calif.; Paterson, N.J.; and Miami Gardens, Fla., for that matter. These, according to Amazon, are the least romantic cities in America.)

Since Amazon based its list purely on sales data dating only as far back as January 1, 2010, it may also mean that people in these cities made more love- and sex-related New Years resolutions—”This is the year I’m going to fall in love!” “This is the year I’m going to be a better lover!”