COUNTY LIFE
Las Vegas called nation’s ‘most fun’ city
With the average American spending nearly $3,000 on entertainment each year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Most Fun Cities in America as well as accompanying videos.
To help Americans find the cities with the greatest number and variety of cheap, fun activities, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 65 key metrics, ranging from fitness clubs per capita to movie costs to average open hours of breweries.
| Top 20 Most Fun Cities in America | ||||
| 1 | Las Vegas, NV | 11 | Denver, CO | |
| 2 | Orlando, FL | 12 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 3 | New York, NY | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 4 | Atlanta, GA | 14 | Austin, TX | |
| 5 | Miami, FL | 15 | Washington, DC | |
| 6 | Chicago, IL | 16 | Seattle, WA | |
| 7 | Portland, OR | 17 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 8 | San Francisco, CA | 18 | Houston, TX | |
| 9 | New Orleans, LA | 19 | St. Louis, MO | |
| 10 | San Diego, CA | 20 | Tampa, FL | |
Key Stats
- New York has the most restaurants (per square root of population), 7.5828, which is 31.5 times more than in Peoria, Arizona, the city with the fewest at 0.2410.
- New York has the most playgrounds (per square root of population), 0.6645, which is 19 times more than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the fewest at 0.0350.
- New York has the most bars (per square root of population), 1.5580, which is 71.5 times more than in West Valley City, Utah, the city with the fewest at 0.0218.
- San Francisco has the most dance clubs (per square root of population), 0.1638, which is 86.2 times more than in Plano, Texas, the city with the fewest at 0.0019.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-fun-cities-in-the-us/23455/
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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