{"id":24090,"date":"2018-10-23T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=24090"},"modified":"2019-10-03T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T21:45:14","slug":"chicago-best-halloween-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/chicago-best-halloween-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Ranked Among the 10 Best Cities for Celebrating Halloween in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

This one goes out to all the candy addicts and costume-obsessed \u2013 Chicago was just named one of the 10 best Halloween cities in America!<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: GIPHY<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new study by WalletHub<\/a> compared 100 of the largest cities in the US on 18 Halloween-y metrics to determine the creepiest, crawliest, most utterly-spooktacular metros across the country. Among those factors considered were the average percent of Trick-or-Treaters, the number of good Trick-or-Treating neighborhoods and the number of bars and dance clubs per capita.<\/p>\n

Chicago, for what it’s worth, came in at number 7 overall. As my dude up above would say, hell yeah.<\/p>\n

Other cities that rounded up the top ten included:<\/p>\n

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  1. NYC, New York<\/li>\n
  2. Jersey City, New Jersey<\/li>\n
  3. Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n
  4. Irvine, California<\/li>\n
  5. San Diego, California<\/li>\n
  6. Santa Ana, California<\/li>\n
  7. Chicago, Illinois<\/li>\n
  8. Las Vegas, Nevada<\/li>\n
  9. \u00a0Irving, Texas<\/li>\n
  10. St. Paul, Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Congratulations! Now, if you’re looking for somewhere to celebrate tonight, head to our Ultimate Halloween Guide<\/a> for events, concerts, costume ideas and more!<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Happy Haunting, everyone! *cue evil laugh*<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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