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Womp, womp: Jacksonville ranks worst city for summer travel in new survey
Sometimes, a perfect score isn’t something to brag about.
In a recent ranking by Forbes Advisor, Jacksonville’s perfect score of 100 earned the River City the dubious title of “Worst City for Summer Travel.”
In its comparison of the country’s 43 most-populated cities, Forbes ranked Jacksonville worst based on a number of metrics spanning three categories: city experience, air travel experience and driving experience.
Here’s what Forbes’ analysis found:
- Scores lowest for walkability and third lowest for access to public transportation
- Jacksonville International Airport has the second highest percentage of disrupted summer flights (28.9% on average)
- Sixth fewest parking lots and garages (1.49 per 100,000 residents)
- Eighth highest crime rate (63.99 crimes per 1,000 residents)
- Ranks eighth for fewest restaurants with four or more stars on Tripadvisor (728)
The survey — which cites statistics from Expedia, TripAdvisor, NOAA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, AAA, The U.S. Census Bureau and others — appears with other content promoting travel insurance on forbes.com.
The worst cities for summer travel, ranked
Other cities named to Forbes’ “Worst Cities for Summer Travel” include:
- Jacksonville, Florida (100)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (99.59)
- Fresno, California (78.54)
- Memphis, Tennessee (78.37)
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (73.37)
- Indianapolis, Indiana (70.66)
- Louisville, Kentucky (67.67)
- Tampa, Florida (67.31)
- Tuscon, Arizona (64.14)
- Miami, Florida (62.49)
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The best cities for summer travel, ranked
On the other end of the spectrum, the following ranked as best cities for summer travel:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Long Beach, California
- Washington, D.C.
- Seattle, Washington
- Omaha, Nebraska
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- Columbus, Ohio
- Chicago, Illinois
- Houston, Texas
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