Philly The No 2 Place To Celebrate St Patrick's Day, WalletHub Says

PHILADELPHIA — While the Philadelphia St. Patrick's Day Parade has already come and gone, Friday is the holiday itself.

And luckily, Philadelphia is the second-best city in the nation to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

That's according to WalletHub, which looked at various factors — such as the number of Irish pubs, average beer prices, walkability, and more — in cities across the country to draft the rankings.

Philly's St. Patrick's Day traditions were ranked No. 2, costs No. 61, safety and accessibility No. 62, and weather No. 93.

Philadelphia has the fifth most Irish bars per capita of the cities included in the ranks.

Patch previously reported Philadelphia's population with Irish heritage is surprisingly low.

According to Census data, Philadelphia is 10.1 percent Irish.

Wallethub reports in western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh has the fourth-highest Irish population of the cities examined.

The city that earned the top spot in WalletHub's rankings was Boston.

See the full list from WalletHub online here.