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With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner and at least $5.3 billion expected to be spent for the holiday this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub, released its report on 2017’s Best Cities for St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations.
To determine the best cities for celebrating Irish-American heritage, WalletHub’s number crunchers selected the top 20 U.S. cities across 16 key metrics, ranging from restaurants per capita to “lowest price for a three-star hotel on St. Patrick’s Day” to “weather forecast.”
Top 20 Cities for St. Patrick’s Day:
1) Buffalo, NY 11) Naperville, IL
2) Madison, WI 12) Rochester, NY
3) Boston, MA 13) Cincinnati, OH
4) Cedar Rapids, IA 14) Chicago, IL
5) Worcester, MA 15) Springfield, MA
6) Pittsburgh, PA 16) Springfield, MO
7) Akron, OH 17) St. Paul, MN
8) Tampa, FL 18) Overland Park, KS
9) Philadelphia, PA 19) Sioux Falls, SD
10) Cleveland, OH 20) Grand Rapids, MI
To view the full report and to view your city’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-st-patricks-day-celebrations/19603/