Chicago apparently loves to read!
Lawn Love has announced its list of the best cities for book lovers. The lawn care service company created the list by looking at four categories: access to bookstores, libraries, book clubs, and rare and antique bookstores.
Within each category, sub-metrics were evaluated.
Those included bookstores per square mile, number of public libraries, number of antique and rare bookstores and number of book clubs.
Here are the top 10 cities for book lovers:
10. San Diego, California
9. Portland, Oregon
8. Washington, DC
7. Houston, Texas
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5. Seattle, Washington
4. Los Angeles, California
3. San Francisco, California
2. Chicago, Illinois
1. New York, New York
New York ranked first thanks to its high number of bookstores (571), independent bookstores, public libraries (225), antique and rare bookstores, and publishing houses (134).
Chicago, Illinois, ranked second on the list due in part to its 187 bookstores and 80 public libraries — among other high numbers for book accessibility.
If you like to read, you’re in the right city to do it!
