Live to work or work to live. No matter which category you fall into, all of us could use a little more fun in our lives. With that in mind, WalletHub.com recently compiled a list of America’s “most fun” cities. The rankings were based on 65 metrics across three key categories: 1) Entertainment & Recreation 2) Nightlife & Parties and 3) Costs.
That cost category was a killer for California. Thanks to high prices, just one of our cities – San Francisco – made the top ten. And yes, San Francisco beat Los Angeles and San Diego.
Las Vegas took the #1 spot, of course. Orlando and Miami, Florida rounded out the top three.
Below is a list of the 20 funnest cities in California, according to WalletHub. Keep in mind, the site only considered 182 total cities, including the 150 most populous in the U.S. That means a number of awesome, smaller localities got left out.
California’s 20 Most Fun Cities (with national rankings)
1. San Francisco (#5)
2. San Diego (#16)
3. Los Angeles (#20)
4. Sacramento (#34)
5. Oakland (#76)
6. Long Beach (#84)
7. Garden Grove (#89)
8. Anaheim (#91)
9. Bakersfield (#96)
10. Huntington Beach (#102)
11. Irvine (#109)
12. San Jose (#112)
13. Modesto (#120)
14. Fresno (#129)
15. Riverside (#139)
16. Glendale (#141)
17. San Bernardino (#144)
18. Santa Ana (#147)
19. Santa Clarita (#153)
20. Stockton (#154)
A few other highlights worth mentioning:
· Fontana, California has the most restaurants per capita
· San Francisco has the most dance clubs per capita
· San Diego, Chula Vista and Oceanside have the highest movie costs
See the full list and methodology here.
List and data were compiled by WalletHub and do not reflect statistics on all cities.