GNO, Inc. Sunday Night Highlight – New Orleans #1 Most Cultured City in America

Travel website Holafly has developed a “US Culture Index,” analyzing the 100 biggest cities in the country to “establish where you can find America’s cultural hotspots.” To develop the rankings, the site created a “culture score” for each city by tracking the number of theaters, live music venues, museums, arts galleries, and landmarks per 100,000 people.

New Orleans ranks first.

The Top 25 Cities for Culture

1. New Orleans, Louisiana – 126.07
2. San Francisco, California – 116.93
3. Nashville, Tennessee – 63.95
4. St. Louis, Missouri – 60.54
5. Honolulu, Hawaii – 60.47
6. Boston, Massachusetts – 60.21
7. Arlington, Virginia – 59.7
8. Miami, Florida – 56.6
9. Washington, District of Columbia – 56.25
10. Richmond, Virginia – 54.6
11. Cincinnati, Ohio – 52.87
12. Atlanta, Georgia – 50.57
13. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 50.4
14. Las Vegas, Nevada – 49.23
15. Portland, Oregon – 45.51
16. Minneapolis, Minnesota – 44.61
17. Cleveland, Ohio – 44.59
18. Seattle, Washington, 44.46
19. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 41.77
20. Baltimore, Maryland – 40.48
21. Buffalo, New York – 39.59
22. Denver, Colorado – 37.02
23. St. Petersburg, Florida – 36.79
24. Reno, Nevada – 34.81
25. Kansas City, Missouri – 34.55

You can read more about the Culture Index here.