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Boston ranked 25th out of the 100 best and worst places for Fourth of July celebrations in the United States.

The Massachusetts capital ranked 40th in affordability, 91st in attractions and activities, 14th in safety and accessibility, 23rd in weather, in a recent WalletHub study.

While Fourth of July celebrations were extremely limited last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year states are a lot more open thanks to our vaccination efforts, WalletHub wrote. Americans are already gearing up for this major holiday, too. The National Retail Federation projects that American households this year will spend a collective $7.5 billion on Fourth of July celebrations.

The top five cities on the list are New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis and Atlanta. Boston is the highest ranked city in New England.

WalletHub also featured key findings about Independence Day from the survey which include:

Survey Key Findings

Massachusetts has been deemed the birthplace of the American Revolution and is home to the historic events of the Boston Tea Party to the battle of Lexington and Concord. Despite this, Massachusetts didnt crack the top 10 for fourth of July celebrations and was ranked at 39 in WalletHubs list of the most patriotic states earlier this month.

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