Long Island, NY, is undergoing a residential building boom — just in time for Amazon to drop a corporate office there that eventually will employ 25,000 people. A LawnStarter analysis of data from real estate brokerage Redfin shows that among more than 70 U.S. metro locations, Long Island — home […]

Charlie Brown — America’s most loveable cartoon kid and star of the Halloween classic “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” — would be proud of Omaha, NE. Every October, Omaha’s Village Pointe shopping center hosts the Great Pumpkin Festival, whose highlight is the lighting of the city’s famous pumpkin “tree.” […]

At least online, Knoxville, TN, has gone to the dogs. Based on research by LawnStarter, Knoxville collars the No. 1 ranking for web-driven interest in Buddy, Bella and other four-legged friends. For our ranking, we reviewed Google search activity from June 2013 to June 2018 for the term “dogs.” Fetching […]

Boise, ID, has truly gone to the dogs—largely because it’s easy to find a dog park there.  According to data compiled by The Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit organization, shows Boise has the most dog parks among the country’s 100 largest cities. The nonprofit counted 15 dog parks in Boise […]

In recent months, volcanic eruptions have spewed volcanic fog, a form of hazy air pollution commonly known as “vog,” into the air on the island of Hawaii. However, the vog has dirtied the air over only a small sliver of the Big Island. Meanwhile, the air in Honolulu, on the […]

When you’re hunting for a place to live, your considerations typically include tangible factors like housing costs, school quality and weather (which is vital for lawn care). But one aspect that’s significant — but less measurable and perhaps overlooked — is pride in your community. In the latest Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being […]

Sometime this year, e-commerce giant Amazon is expected to reveal a decision that will dramatically reshape one Northern American metro area. Seattle, WA-based Amazon is considering 20 finalists for its second headquarters, nicknamed HQ2. The $5 billion project promises to generate as many as 50,000 jobs and gobble up more […]

Madison, WI, is a playground for playgrounds. New data from The Trust for Public Land shows Madison — the capital of Wisconsin and the home of the University of Wisconsin’s main campus — boasts more playgrounds per 10,000 residents than any of the 100 largest U.S. cities. Every year, The […]

Although Oklahoma is far from the top state for the number of garage sales per capita—that honor goes to Oregon—a lot of residents of Oklahoma City, OK, must be gaga over garage sales. Oklahoma City grabs the No. 1 spot in LawnStarter’s new ranking. This is based on Google Trends […]