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Chicago ranks among the best big cities to celebrate The Fourth of July this year

WalletHub.com just ranked the 100 biggest cities in the country from the best place to spend the Fourth of July to the worst.  The rankings are based on 20 different factors including:  Number of Fourth of July festivals, whether fireworks are legal, average cost of hamburgers, beer, and wine, walkability, DUI rates and weather.  Chicago better do something about legalizing fireworks so they can rank higher on the list!

Based on all of those aforementioned criteria, The top 10 cities for the Fourth of July this year are (in this order):

New York City

Los Angeles

San Diego

Washington D.C.

Las Vegas

Dallas

Atlanta

Chicago

San Francisco

St. Louis.

The 10 worst cities are:

San Bernardino, California

Memphis, Tennessee

Lubbock, Texas

Hialeah, Florida

Birmingham, Alabama

Bakersfield, California

Laredo, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

Chula Vista, California

…and Aurora, Colorado

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