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Forbes Names Houston the Best Shopping City in America
Dec 21, 2010 @ 11:16 amForbes released its first-ever list of the top 25 shopping cities in America, and the results are a bit surprising! Houston claimed the top spot, while Los Angeles came in at no. 16, Boston took no. 18, New York ranked no. 22 and San Francisco settled for last place. Forbes used a formula that took into account each city’s number of retail locations, shopping centers and sales tax to compute the rankings. Since Houston tops the list with 16,938 retail locations and 54 shopping centers, it took first place. To see the full list of top shopping cities in America as ranked by the number-crunchers at Forbes, click here. Did your favorite shopping city make the list? Tell us in the comments below!
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This has to be quantity over quality. Don’t get me wrong — Houston has some great shopping at the Galleria, that place with Lululemon, the open center by the Medical Center, etc. But if you’re basing this on the number of Walmarts and Dollar Generals based on the square miles that comprises Houston, that’s not really representative of the “best” shopping, just the “most” shopping.
-Lemonaioli on December 21st, 2010