Portland Named Most Affordable “Foodie City” in the U.S.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Portland topped cities like Orlando, Florida, San Francisco and Oakland, California, and Seattle, Washington in order to nab the list’s top spot.
Wallethub used 18 relevant metrics divided into two categories to determine their list of the most (and least) affordable places in the United States to be a “foodie”.
Diversity, accessibility and quality made up 70 percent of a city’s ranking, while affordability made up 30 percent.
Affordability was measured by the average price of groceries, the average price of beer and wine, the prevalence of affordable restaurants with ratings of four-and-a-half stars or more, and sales and food taxes in each city. Portland finished second in the affordability category, trailing only San Francisco.
Diversity, accessibility and quality was measured by 13 metrics, including the ratio of full service restaurants to fast-food establishments, access to healthy food options, the percentage of workers involved in agricultural activities and the numbers of restaurants, food trucks, farmers markets, ice cream and frozen yogurt shops, craft breweries and wineries, coffee and tea shops, gourmet food stores, grocery stores, butcher shops and food festivals per capita.
Portland finished 13th in this category, and none of the top five cities finished higher than 10th. Austin, Texas was given top billing for diversity, accessibility and quality.
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