What’s the first thing you hear when you turn on a radio or television newscast? Unless there’s some disastrous event taking place, it’s the changing weather forecast. Often the weather forecast is the catastrophic event. Even if we’re not expecting a hurricane or blizzard, the weather forecast in most cities […]
City Rankings
The 12 U.S. Markets Between the Coasts with the Most Homes Valued at $1 Million-Plus
Written by John Egan In the San Francisco, CA, metro area, many homes worth at least $1 million don’t actually fall into the luxury category. In fact, it’s almost a luxury if you can buy a home in the country’s most expensive housing market that’s valued at less than $1 […]
The 8 Places Where Christmas Lights Truly Make People’s Faces Light Up
Written by John Egan When it comes to Christmas lights, the Oklahoma City, OK, metro area is a shining star. The OKC metro area tops LawnStarter’s new ranking, based on Google Trends data, of the 8 Places Where Christmas Lights Truly Make People’s Faces Light Up. Jump to List of […]
Raising The Roof: The 12 U.S. Regions Adding The Most New Homes
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 […]
Top 10 Cities Celebrating Dia de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos is a two-day long celebration of friends and family that have passed. Traditionally celebrated in Mexico, the festival has worked its way North thanks to a growing Hispanic population in the United States, and has exploded in popularity with the help of Disney’s animated movie Coco […]
The 5 Cities That Are Most Pumped Up About Pumpkins
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.” […]
15 Cities Most Interested In National Pumpkin Day 2018
The beginning of fall can only mean one thing–the return of the feverishly anticipated pumpkin craving is back and in full force. The fall season is a time to embrace seasonal scents, foliage color change, comforting sweaters and most importantly pumpkin season. Social media platforms, like Instagram, reveal no shortage […]
The 12 Metro Areas Where People Love Dogs The Most
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 […]
Barking up the right tree: Which big cities have the most dog parks?
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 […]
The Top 6 U.S. Metro Areas for Clean Air
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 […]