Atlanta Named Most Exciting City in America

Posted: July 27, 2025 | Categories: News

1. Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is home to the busiest airport in the country, and plenty of incoming passengers are there to enjoy all the city has to offer. ATL ranks in the top five for both nightclubs and concert venues per capita. It also ranks ninth overall when it comes to the number of amusement places and attractions per 100,000 people and ranks in the top 10 for both Michelin- and James Beard Award-winning restaurants relative to population size.

Methodology 

FinanceBuzz collected data on 75 of America's biggest cities.

Data for five major categories related to fun and excitement were collected for each city. Those categories are population makeup, culinary scene, outdoor activities, nightlife, celebrations, and things to do. Each of those categories was created using individual data points. Each data point was indexed using a 0-5 scale. Those scores were then weighted and added together to create a score of 0-20 for each category and added together to give each city an overall score on a 0-100 scale. The lowest-scoring cities were deemed to be the most boring and the highest to be the most exciting.

Author: Josh Koebert, FinanceBuzz.com