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The Most Fun City in America
The Most Fun City in America

The Most Fun City in America

Las Vegas wins top honor from WalletHub, while Hawaii's Pearl City is dubbed least fun

(Newser) - If you're heading into 2025 with an eye for some affordable fun, WalletHub has broken down which American cities are your best bet. The site looked at 182 of the most populated cities in the country, using more than five dozen metrics in three main categories: entertainment and recreation...

This Is the Most Fun City in America

Las Vegas tops WalletHub's list

(Newser) - "Work hard, play hard" isn't just a Wiz Khalifa song—it's the mantra of many a worker who needs hard-core recreation to look forward to to get through the workweek. That kind of fun is easy to find in certain cities, per WalletHub , which looked at 182...

This Is the Most Fun City in America

Sin City tops WalletHub's list

(Newser) - If only Jack Torrance had had a bit more playtime in The Shining, things may have turned out better for everyone. Time to kick back and have a little fun is an important balance to our daily stressors, and some cities host that fun in abundance. WalletHub took a look...

Court Sides With Man Fired for Avoiding Workplace 'Fun'

French man objected to the abundance of booze and crude jokes

(Newser) - A white-collar worker in France has won an unusual court case related to his firing. The man, identified in court documents as Mr. T, says he wasn't fired for job performance but because he wasn't "fun" enough in the eyes of his employer, reports Insider . He'd...

America's 10 Most Fun Cities
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America's Most, Least Fun Cities

Chicago outranks NYC on Wallethub list

(Newser) - Fun means different things to different people, so Wallethub looked at no fewer than 65 different metrics for its list of this year's most fun cities in America, including the availability of dozens of kinds of recreation and entertainment facilities, the local nightlife—and how much it all costs....

Looking for Fun in All the Wrong Places? Go Here Instead

Las Vegas tops WalletHub's list of US cities where you'll have a blast

(Newser) - Some cities boast the best job opportunities , others the best-educated populace . Let's face it, though: We all want to know where the fun is. That's why WalletHub examined more than 180 major US cities to gauge where merrymaking is in ample supply, looking at more than five dozen...

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This Is the Most Fun US State

This Is the Most Fun US State

California tops the list for 2019

(Newser) - You know the safest , least stressful , healthiest , greenest , and happiest places to live, but what about the most fun? To figure that out, WalletHub looked at 26 factors related to entertainment, nightlife, and recreation—things like restaurants, amusement parks, golf courses, theaters, arcades, music festivals, casinos, and marinas per capita;...

10 US Cities So Fun You Won't Be Able to Stand It

Las Vegas is America's No. 1 recreation spot

(Newser) - Variety is the spice of life—and also one of the metrics WalletHub used to figure out what the most fun cities in America are. The site looked at 150 of the most populated cities in the US, examining nearly 60 gauges that indicate a good time will likely be...

To Get the Poor Online, Let Them Have Cat Videos
To Get the Poor Online,
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To Get the Poor Online, Let Them Have Cat Videos

Tech leaders err with their too-serious ambitions: Manu Joseph

(Newser) - It's great that Mark Zuckerberg and other tech leaders are pushing to bring Internet access to the Third World, but they need to lighten up a little, writes Manu Joseph in the New York Times . These efforts always have such oh-so-serious goals expressed in the "grave tone of...

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