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2023’s Geekiest Cities in America
Staff Report
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
Which U.S. cities are best for geeks looking to live long and prosper?
To mark Embrace Your Geekness Day on July 13, Lawn Love ranked 2023’s Geekiest Cities.
We compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on four categories. We looked at access to comic book stores, geek social groups, and Comic-Cons, among 13 total metrics.
See the 10 best (and 10 worst) cities for geeks below, followed by key stats from our report.
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Best Cities for Geeks
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Rank
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City
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New York, NY
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2
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Los Angeles, CA
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3
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San Antonio, TX
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4
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Chicago, IL
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5
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Las Vegas, NV
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6
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Austin, TX
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7
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Houston, TX
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8
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Atlanta, GA
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9
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Orlando, FL
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10
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Indianapolis, IN
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Worst Cities for Geeks |
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Miramar, FL |
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Brownsville, TX |
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Palmdale, CA |
4 |
Grand Prairie, TX |
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Olathe, KS |
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North Las Vegas, NV |
7 |
West Valley City, UT |
8 |
Carrollton, TX |
9 |
Moreno Valley, CA |
10 |
McKinney, TX |
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Key insights:
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Magical metropolis: Once again, New York rules in first place with a whopping 25-point lead over our No. 2 city, Los Angeles. Gotham boasts the highest number of board game and trading card shops, comic book stores, costume stores, and geek Meetup groups.
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Gaming through Mission City: San Antonio (No. 3) is not just for history nerds. Alamo City claims the 3rd-highest number of board gameand trading card shops, after New York (No. 1) and Los Angeles (No. 2). SA is also home to 14 stores that host Dungeons &…
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