Most fun cities in America: Wallethub ranks Wilmington below Cleveland

Andrew Sharp
The News Journal
Downtown Wilmington

Congrats, Wilmington, you've been named to the list of most fun cities in America (well, No. 102 out of 186, but that's definitely on the list).  

WalletHub came up with the rankings based on three categories: entertainment and recreation, nightlife and parties, and costs. Those of you whose idea of a good time is a jigsaw puzzle or a good book have been left out of consideration, apparently.

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What did get included was a long list of factors like restaurants, playgrounds, shopping centers, coffee shops and bowling alleys per capita. One factor that can't have helped Wilmington: skiing facilities per capita. 

So it's no Cleveland (No. 39!?) or Henderson, Nevada, but Delaware's largest city did narrowly beat out Des Moines, Iowa. And it was WELL ahead of Bismark, North Dakota. 

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This is, of course, the same site that ranked Delaware's nightlife the worst in the country, so that it ranked Cleveland over Wilmington shouldn't come as a shock. 

WalletHub includes the full list on its website. If you want to complain about their rankings, the contact page is also listed

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