New Orleans Ranks #1 of US Quirkiest Cities
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Do you live in a quirky city?
Whether it’s a badge of honor or not, Travel and Leisure magazine has come out with its annual list of the nation’s 20 quirkiest cities, based on a variety of factors, not the least of which are the types of people who occupy a U.S. metro area. Craft beers and thrift stores are a few of the other metrics used to determine weirdness.
New Orleans, where it’s like a perpetual party town 365 days a year, has the distinction of being the quirkiest city in the country, according to the magazine, with Austin, Texas, second and Portland, Oregon, coming in at third. Oh, the other Portland is on the list too.
Here’s the rest of the top 20:
4. Providence, Rhode Island
5. Albuquerque, New Mexico
6. San Francisco, California
7. Baltimore, Maryland
8. Kansas City, Missouri
9. Seattle, Washington
10. New York, New York
11. Tampa, Florida
12. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota
13. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
14. Portland, Maine
15. Houston, Texas
16. Nashville, Tennessee
17. Los Angeles, California
18. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19. Louisville, Kentucky
20. Atlanta, Georgia
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