Nov. 1 is World Vegan Day, in preparation, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2018’s Best Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians.
WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities across 16 key indicators of vegan- and vegetarian-friendliness. Including the total number of restaurants per location that were serving meatless options as well as the cost of vegetarian options in grocery stores
| Vegan & Vegetarian Friendly Cities |
| 1 |
New York, NY |
|
11 |
Washington, DC |
| 2 |
Portland, OR |
|
12 |
Tampa, FL |
| 3 |
Orlando, FL |
|
13 |
Chicago, IL |
| 4 |
Seattle, WA |
|
14 |
Phoenix, AZ |
| 5 |
San Francisco, CA |
|
15 |
Miami, FL |
| 6 |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
16 |
Atlanta, GA |
| 7 |
Austin, TX |
|
17 |
Anaheim, CA |
| 8 |
Scottsdale, AZ |
|
18 |
Nashville, TN |
| 9 |
San Diego, CA |
|
19 |
Houston, TX |
| 10 |
Las Vegas, NV |
|
20 |
Madison, WI |
Best vs. Worst – Vegan & Vegetarian Friendly Cities
- Scottsdale, Arizona, was noted to have the most restaurants serving vegetarian options and the most restaurants serving vegan options.
- San Francisco has the most community-supported agriculture programs. They also happen to have the highest cost for groceries for vegetarians, which is interesting. San Francisco also has the most Farmer’s Markets.
- New York’s specialty is their salad restaurants and New Jersey has the least. New York also has the most Smoothly Bars.
- Affordablity Rating: Least Affordable: Honolulu, Hawaii, then San Francisco
- Number 1 Vegetarian Lifestyle is Anaheim, California.
- Best city for Vegetable Nurseries per capita is Miami, Fl.
- San Diego ranked 9 in the Top 20 Cities for Vegans and Vegetarians.
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