Potlucks, car kits and perchlorate

Share the baklava, pimp your ride and test the water—you’re in Sacramento. Using Google Trends and hometown intuition, SN&R took shots in the dark to figure out what Sacramentans are searching for. Entering a term into Google Trends gives a list of top-10 cities for any particular search term. Google compares the number of searches for that particular term in each city against the total searches in that city. We found that Sacramento Googled for “Ron Weasley” more than any other city in the nation last year. So we get a “1” for interest in Harry Potter’s red-haired sidekick. But we only ranked seventh in searches for “George Bush.” Here’s some more insight into what local curiosity is made of.

1
safe
potluck
car kit
perchlorate
Ron Weasley

2
alarm
ecstasy
pesticides
nerd
WNBA

3
screendoor
tip
flood
Tongan
Speed Racer

4
cults
burning
back stab
hair coloring
Captain Picard

5
crack
neighbor
freak
granite countertop
G string

6
erectile dysfunction
college
samurai
suicide
junk food

7
snuff film
fantasy
stolen
smog
President Bush

8
hyphy
fellatio
eternity
skate board
Bionic Woman

9
justice
betrayal
diamond
apocalypse
BBQ

10
belly dancing
McDonalds
junk
strife
darkness

Source: www.google.com/trends.