Tuscaloosa and Northport are Alabama's only officially designated All-American Cities this year, but la-di-dah. Birmingham is the 12th sweatiest.

Old Spice, the deodorant people, saluted the Magic City on Tuesday for the volume of its residents' perspiration the salty, stinky product of our hard-working pores.

"I believe it. I've been all over and it's just as hot here as any place I've ever been," said drywall laborer Donnie Tucker. "You can't hide from it, you just have to get sweaty."

Old Spice marked the advent of summer by releasing its list of Top 50 Sweatiest Summer Cities. San Antonio is the nation's No. 1 perspiration producer, with the average resident oozing more than one liter per hour during a typical summer day. Dallas/Fort Worth followed with New Orleans coming in a close third.

For once, Birmingham beat out some of its rival neighbors, including Atlanta (No. 13) and Charlotte (No. 16). So there.