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Home›Odd Observations›Is Phoenix One of the “Luckiest” Cities in the Nation?

Is Phoenix One of the “Luckiest” Cities in the Nation?

By Andrea Aker
October 30, 2011
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What do Phoenix, Louisville, San Francisco and Wilmington, Delaware all have in common? They’re apparently very lucky places to live!

Men’s Health just named Phoenix as the third luckiest town in the nation.

Silver HorseshoeHere’s how the magazine defines “luck”: the most winners of Powerball, Mega Millions, and Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes; most hole-in-ones (PGA); fewest lightning strikes (including the fatal kind) and deaths from falling objects (Vaisala Inc., National Climatic Data Center, CDC); and least money lost on lottery tickets and race betting (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Top 10 Lucky Towns

  1. San Diego, CA
  2. Baltimore, MD
  3. Phoenix, AZ
  4. Wilmington, DE
  5. Richmond, VA
  6. San Francisco, CA
  7. Las Vegas, NV
  8. Philadelphia, PA
  9. Louisville, KY
  10. Reno, NV

Tucson came in at 46. Check out the full list of Men’s Health Luckiest Towns.

What do you think? What’s lucky (or perhaps unlucky) about living in the Valley of the Sun?

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