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Pittsburgh Ranked Among Best Cities To Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh has been on the top of many travel rankings over the last few years, and now we're near the top of another list.

Just in time to put on your green and celebrate, WalletHub has rated Pittsburgh as the fifth best city to celebrate St. Patrick's Day among the nation's 100 largest cities.

To complete the rankings, WalletHub says they used 17 key metrics, including things like Irish pubs and restaurants per capita, hotel prices, crime rates, DUI rates and more.

Pittsburgh was No. 1 with the highest percentage of Irish population.

The city also got high marks for its weather and access to bars.

To see WalletHub's full report, visit their website here.

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So, where's the best U.S. city to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? WalletHub says Boston, Massachusetts.

Filling out the top five are Buffalo, Omaha and Philadelphia.

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