A List Of The Best Cities To Eat Great Tacos

Author Maney

August 18th, 2023 9:26 AM

People have strong opinions about where to get the best tacos and everyone has their favorite. How about a list of the best cities to find great tacos! If you’re looking for the best tacos in the country, new research has you covered. I personally, love a soft shell taco. But I’m not really a huge taco fan in general. But did find this list pretty interesting.

The research team at RealEstateWitch.com dug into data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Numbeo, Yelp and Google Trends to determine the city worthy of the best taco title.

That honor goes to Austin, Texas, which tops the list for several reasons.
Austin is home to 7.9 taco joints per 100-thousand residents, which is 242% more than the average city. Those taco spots also have an average Yelp rating of 4.31, which is reportedly 6% higher than the other cities in the study.
Austin is also the winner for “top city for breakfast tacos” and “top city for vegan tacos.”
The city with the most “overall taco passion” is San Antonio, Texas, which also wins “top city for birria tacos.”
The “top city for Taco Tuesday” is San Diego, California, which is also the “top city for fish tacos,” while Los Angeles wins “top city for carnitas.”
The closest city to Charlotte for great tacos is Richmond, Virginia. Richmond is actually the only east coast city in the top 15.

The Top 10 U.S. Cities for Tacos

(check out the full list here)

Austin, Texas
San Jose, California
Las Vegas, Nevada
San Antonio, Texas
San Diego, California
Los Angeles, California
Phoenix, Arizona
Riverside, California
Denver, Colorado
Houston, Texas

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3 North Carolina Cities in Top Ten "Best Cities to Drive" List

How’s your driving? 3 North Carolina cities are on the top ten “Best Cities to Drive” list. While some people love to get behind the wheel of their car and drive. Some others dread having to go anywhere in their vehicle. Apparently, where you live, could play a role in which side of that opinion you fall on.

WalletHub has just come out with their picks for the Best and Worst Cities to Drive In.
They looked at 100 of the largest U.S. cities. They used 30 factors of driver-friendliness. Things like cost of ownership and maintenance, traffic and infrastructure, safety and access to vehicles and maintenance.
Those factors include gas prices, annual hours of traffic delays, cost of a new car, average commute time and more.
Overall, Raleigh, North Carolina tops the list as the best city to drive in, scoring a 66.96 out of 100, and landing at five for cost of ownership and maintenance and six for safety.
When it comes to traffic and infrastructure, Birmingham, Alabama, is the best city for drivers, while Jacksonville, Florida, seventh overall, is tops for cost of ownership and maintenance, Laredo, Texas is tops for safety, and Orlando, Florida, 10^th overall, is tops for access to vehicles and maintenance.

10. Orlando, FL
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9. Garland, TX
8. Arlington, TX
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7. Jacksonville, FL
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6. Lincoln, NE
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5. Winston-Salem, NC
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4. Greensboro, NC
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3. Corpus Christi, TX
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2. Plano, TX
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1. Raleigh, NC
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