Top 10 U.S. Cities For Cats
The top 10 ideal cities for cats based on a survey of shelters, pet supply stores, vets, cat events per capita plus the frequency of sunny days and other criteria may surprise you. Is your city on the list? Sunny weather might nice but I’ll take a cold, rainy day with a cat on a warm lap any day. I don’t know about you but our neck of the woods is pretty darn purrfect. What makes your city or town ideal for cats?
27 Comments
Bev Green
Very interesting indeed..our town is so far (three years here now) pretty good..we have NEVER seen a stray cat,or any hit by cars .as opposed to the horrid town we lived in before when all i did was pick up stray cats and dogs roaming the streets…of course we don’t make the list because we live in Australia 🙂 hugs Fozziemum
Caren Gittleman
This WAS incredibly interesting, what floors me is that most of these places are SUPER, SUPER HOT!
Nerissa's Life
Hmmm…. Not seein’ Meadowvale on the list. Of course, Meadowvale is in Canada and not the US. Also, it’s not a city. Not even close. Not a town or a village, either. Don’t know what it is. Just a dot on the map, I suppose. A very, very small dot. Meadowvale is so small… it doesn’t even have its own postal code!
MO– — — USES!
Purrs,
Nissy
Skeeter and Izzy
Love the graphic. The information is interesting but we all have to work even harder to make OUR town,city,burg,state a BEST PLACE FOR CATS!!!! We can change the world one cat at a time!!!
Luvs,
Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Twig and Peanut and Romeo >^..^<
Laila and Minchie
Interesting no midwest cities are mentioned and that’s where we live.
Connie Marie
Loved the article!! Maybe because my favorite spots were at the top! They’re all attached, with where I used to live, Apache Jct., being on the very eastern edge.
Katnip Lounge
I’d take sides against Vegas being so great for cats…the shelter euth TENS of thousands of felines each year.
Deztinee High
Gweat posty. Of couwse wees didn’t make da list and nevew fawt wees wulda. MOL Wees wuld luv tu liv sumwhewe wiff all da cat furiendly stowes and vets, but mommy sez movin’ purrawly ain’t gunna hapun. MOL
Luv and Hugs and Kitty kisses ♥♥♥
Dezi
Playful Kitty
Very interesting to know! No cities in Michigan (where I’m from) made the list, but I’m really not surprised. Places with better weather tend to rank better on a lot of things.
Brian Frum
Our place isn’t very nice for critters and there are plenty idiot alerts issued around here, but there are pockets that are improving.
Layla Morgan Wilde
You’re right. You state has the highest rate of animal hoarders. Thankfully there are rescuer like you.
Angel AbbyGrace
Our city made #9 … I do know that First Coast No More Homeless Pets has made Jacksonville a NO KILL city. A misnomer considering that means more than 90% of cats/dogs find homes. Meaning 10% don’t. Jacksonville is actually at 93% of success rates and it truly is because of the work done by FCNMHP who control the feral populations by doing no cost & low cost spay/neuter. NO cost for ferals that are trapped by individuals and transported to First Coast. Mom and Dad work with First Coast as volunteers.
Layla Morgan Wilde
those are impressive stats and awesome that you volunteer.
Penelope
Purrsonally, mes thinks that Midway, BC, Canada is the bestest, but then, its not a city….
Kisses
Nellie
Penelope
Yous knows its the bestest because ME lives there!!!
Kisses
Nellie
maggie
Interesting. The only place with a hard winter in the top 10 was Saint Louis…
I’m surprised the East Coast wasn’t represented.
Thanks for sharing an interesting article.
da tabbies o trout towne
doodz…..ther iz a bunch oh hot weathers citeez on de list for sure; we gotta say even tho we makes ten kindz oh fuss bout winter…at leest de jack azz burds fly sum place N we dont hafta see em for a few !! 🙂
heerz two a flounder fries & fun week oh end !!
speedyrabbit
now that’s interesting,I wonder what the result for bunny owners would be?xx Rachel
Oui Oui
We are surprised that no Mid-Atlantic cities made the list, but maybe they don’t like winter snow and summer humidity!
easy rider
I thought it’s Ny, but I was wrong (like always). That was interesting, bet a lot of people were surprised as they saw the results. Have a great friday and a fabulous weekend
The Island Cats
Well, of course our town didn’t make the list. Probably because we’re in the midwest and don’t get a lot of sunshine…though it’s sunny today!
meowmeowmans
Well, of course Las Vegas made the list! After all, the Katnip Lounge – with their pawsome catio – is there! 🙂
Tamago
This is an interesting list! If I visit Orlando, I sure will check out the pet stores there!
Fur Everywhere
I’m a little surprised Denver didn’t make the list. We get 300 days of sunshine a year, and I believe the sun is just as good for kitties as it is for people 🙂 I will admit, though, Denver does seem to cater to dogs more. I hope they become more cat friendly as time goes on.
Kathryn
fascinating. the weather makes a big difference I wonder if Boston could even get on the top 100. Saw that ATL is 21
Sparkle
Well, I am kind of bummed that Los Angeles is not on the list, but for some reason my human does not want to move to Riverside! She says it is not as good for humans as it is for kitties.
prancer pie
Wow! This was an interesting read. We had know idea!
Have a fabulous Friday!
XOXO