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A City In Florida Was Named One Of The Best Cities For Halloween

Author Cort Freeman
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A city in Florida was named one of the best cities for Halloween! Can you guess which one?

WalletHub recently came out with its annual list of the Best Cities For Halloween. What goes into being the “best?” WalletHub considered 20 metrics ranging from costume stores per capita to the crime rate to the share of potential trick-or-treat stops. They compared 100 of the biggest cities in the country to get their results. When it was all said in done there was one city in Florida inside the top 10.

What City In Florida Was Named One Of The Best Cities For Halloween?

According to WalletHub, Miami, Florida is the third best city in America for Halloween! Miami had an overall score of 60.77. The city did well in Halloween fun ranking, coming in at number 5. It also had respectable scores in Trick-Or-Treater friendliness and Halloween weather ranking. October in Miami is warm but rarely gets too hot. It’s a good time to be out and about in South Florida. Additionally, Miami has a high number of pumpkin patches and party supply stores to help make sure your Halloween is on point.

Miami wasn’t the only city to be featured on the list, although it was the highest and the only one that made it into the top 10. According to WalletHub, Hialeah came in at number 14. It had a high Trick-Or-Treater friendliness score, ranked at 7. Orlando came in at number 16, Tampa at 23, St. Petersburg at 85, and Jacksonville at 86.

New York, New York, came in first place on WalletHub’s list. It had great scores for Trick-Or-Treater friendliness and Halloween fun at 2 and 3, respectively. Jersey City, New Jersey, came in 2nd place. Las Vegas, Nevada, was in 4th place and had the best score for Halloween fun, but that shouldn’t surprise anybody. Then, the final 5 was rounded out with Chicago, Illinois. Chicago in the fall is breathtakingly beautiful so it’s not a surprise to see it on the list.

Where do you not want to go on Halloween? According to WalletHub, the worst city for Halloween in America is Memphis, Tennessee. It came in last for Trick-Or-Treater friendliness. Baton Rouge (Louisiana) and Nashville (Tennessee) were also found at the bottom of WalletHub’s list of the best cities for Halloween in 2024. Did they get it right? Would you consider Miami to be the best city in Florida for Halloween? I’m sure it’s debatable.

Cort Freeman was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He was named Clarkston High School 2009 Class Clown 13 years after graduating. Totally normal thing to happen. That’s thanks to his time spent as an Intern at Comedy Central and Social Media Correspondent for The Colbert Report. Cort has done comedy across the country, both standing up and sitting down. When he’s not trying to make you laugh on-air and online, he’s probably at home enjoying his favorite shows like Seinfeld, South Park, and The Office. He’s also totally uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person. Cort enjoys writing about comedy, food, sports, and entertainment. So, basically anything and everything.

Are These The 5 Best TV Shows Set In Florida?

What are the best TV shows set in Florida? There are more than you think and they aren’t all popular hits!

Over the years, there have been many TV shows that chose to set their show in the state of Florida. In fact, some of the biggest shows ever took place in Florida. However, some weren’t massive hits but are worthy of making the list. Some take place in Miami, some in Southwest Florida, and some shows have used the Tampa area as their setting.

What Are The Best TV Shows Set In Florida?

I recently made a similar list of the best TV shows set in Las Vegas, and it was much easier than Florida! There are so many shows set in the state of Florida, I had no idea there were so many! Most of them (a significant amount) take place in Miami, but there are shows set all over the Sunshine State. Do you have a favorite show set in Florida? Let us know what yours is! Only picking five shows was tough because there are so many to choose from, so the one you’re thinking of might have slipped our minds and didn’t make the list! Many fantastic shows that I would highly recommend ended up being left on the cutting room floor.

Since so many good shows had to be left behind, we need to take a minute to shout out some Honorable Mentions. Burn Notice, starring Jeffrey Donovan, was a successful show that ran for several seasons. Some of my friends even called it their favorite show at one point. However, it didn’t end up making the list but it needed some love and deserves a spotlight. Vince Vaughn’s new show Bad Monkey takes place in Florida but I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet (even though I really want to) so it’s not going to be found on the list. Seriously, the trailers made it look exciting and funny! Plus, you can’t go wrong with Vince Vaughn. Finally, Jane The Virgin was a show that was set in Miami, and a lot of people enjoyed it. I never got into it, so it also won’t make the list.

What shows ended up making the final 5? Check out our list below! Then, make sure to tell us if we forgot your favorite show and maybe it can be added as an Honorable Mention!

  • Dexter

    https://youtu.be/YQeUmSD1c3g?si=jhOZ_MgTO1siMRTO In my opinion, Dexter is the best show of all-time set in Florida. For a while, I might have even called it the best show ever. Then that finale happened and I haven’t gone back since. Seriously, might be the worst finale ever. However, the show was fantastic especially the early seasons. It couldn’t be matched! I like how it integrated the mood and music of Miami into the show.

  • Miami Vice

    https://youtu.be/-aMCzRj3Syg?si=EaFCx6FyxOPJHV4C A blast from the past! Yes, it was before my time. However, I still can recognize that it’s one of the best shows set in Florida and definitely one of the most iconic. It was decades ago but its impact is still felt not only in Miami but outside as well. It remains an aesthetic today! Not many shows can pull that off. Miami Vice definitely deserves to be on the list and if you haven’t watched it you are missing out!

  • CSI: Miami

    https://youtu.be/mznsEcZlM2I?si=1NCBW-BopvkDYCcP CSI: Miami isn’t the best in the CSI series, that honor goes to Las Vegas. However, it is still one of the best shows set in Florida. You just have to see it as a comedy. You can’t take Horatio seriously and he’s so cheesy but that’s what makes the show! He delivers the cheesy pun and then puts on his sunglasses and it never gets old. It’s a great show if you approach it the right way.

  • Tiger King

    Tiger King was set in Florida! You can’t forget that! The hit that helped get many of us through the COVID-19 pandemic was set in Tampa, Florida. That’s where Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue is. There were so many iconic “Florida Man” type people shown in that show. It was a hit and it’s pure Florida.

  • Nip/Tuck

    The first few seasons of Nip/Tuck took place in Miami before the show later was set in Los Angeles. However, the best seasons were the early ones and those were all in Miami. The show was a massive hit in the early 2000s. Many people still watch and stream it today. It definitely has to be named as one of the best shows set in Florida.

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