WalletHub Ranks San Francisco and Los Angeles Among America’s Most Fun Cities

San Francisco was California’s only city to rank in the top 10, but LA has a bonus: America’s liveliest city is only four hours away.
WalletHub Ranks San Francisco and Los Angeles Among America’s Most Fun Cities
A lifeguard scans his territory near the famous Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2013. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
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San Francisco and Los Angeles each made WalletHub’s top 20 most fun cities in America list for 2024, with San Diego just barely missing the cut at 21st and Sacramento further down at 33rd.

San Francisco

San Francisco was California’s only city to rank in the top 10. The City by the Bay, however, was ranked fifth most expensive for fun.
San Francisco tied for first in the festivals per capita category, alongside Honolulu and Tampa, Florida. It also tied for first in restaurants per capita alongside Miami, Las Vegas, and Orlando. San Francisco tied for first in nightclubs with Las Vegas and Houston. It ranked seventh for entertainment and recreation; fifth for nightlife and parties; but near the bottom of the list in terms of costs, at 178th.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles ranked as the 18th most fun U.S. city. It placed 12th for entertainment and recreation, and 16th for nightlife and parties, but these came at a cost, as the City of Angels ranked 160th in terms of bang for the buck.
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.