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A new study from Gaming Club has ranked which NFL cities are the best to live in if you are an NFL fan.
Just like most studies, there are two predictable results found in this one; the first being that Indianapolis tops the rankings and second, the New York franchises got absolutely dragged in the rankings.
The study looked at five key categories: number of touchdowns, ticket prices, precipitation, beer price, ‘mcmeals’ which I’m guessing is just food prices and pollution in the city.
Gaming Club writes ‘just because they are Superbowl champions doesn’t mean they are the best team in the world. Using NFL and CFL stats mixed with open government data we found the best football city in the world.’
Here’s a look at the rankings:
- Indianapolis Colts
- Carolina Panthers
- Green Bay Packers
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Minnesota Vikings
- Buffalo Bills
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Cleveland Browns
- Los Angeles Rams
- Detroit Lions
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Atlanta Falcons
- Baltimore Ravens
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Arizona Cardinals
- Chicago Bears
- Seattle Seahawks
- Tennessee Titans
- Dallas Cowboys
- Denver Broncos
- New Orleans Saints
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Oakland Raiders
- San Francisco 49ers
- Houston Texans
- Philadelphia Eagles
- New England Patriots
- Washington Redskins
- Miami Dolphins
- New York Giants
- New York Jets
When looking at all of the factors here, it’s no surprise that the Giants and Jets are at the bottom of the list due to food and beer prices, ticket prices, pollution, and precipitation as New York/New Jersey check all of those boxes in a pretty bad way.
Some takeaways from the data were the Chiefs having the most touchdowns, the Bills having the cheapest tickets, the Panthers having the best-priced food, the Lions having the cheapest beer and of course Arizona having the least precipitation.
The study also looked at CFL teams and if you combine both leagues, Edmonton and Winnipeg rank one and two ahead of Indianapolis.
You can check out the full chart and breakdown here.