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Real estate company Redfin recently reamed up with Foursquare to compile a list of the top ten US cities with the most record stores – you can check out the list below.
To celebrate Rex Manning Day (every music fan’s favorite fictitious holiday via Empire Records), along with the upcoming Record Store Day, Redfin and Foursquare sought to find out which cities have the best options for record collectors. They looked at over 60 cities in the US to find which areas had the most record shops per capita. They then “spotlighted which record shop has the highest ratings on Foursquare in each of the top 10 metropolitan areas”.
Below are the ‘Top 10 Cities Keeping Vinyl Music Alive’:
Redfin also posted which record shop was the highest rated music store in each city.
1. Portland, OR
Highest Rated Record Shop: Music Millennium in Kerns
2. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Highest Rated Record Shop: CD Alley in Chapel Hill
3. Las Vegas, NV
Highest Rated Record Shop: Zia Record Exchange in Paradise/>
4. Omaha, NE
Highest Rated Record Shop: Homer’s Music in Old Market
5. Milwaukee, WI
Highest Rated Record Shop: Exclusive Company in Brady Street
6. Tampa-Saint Petersburg, FL
Highest Rated Record Shop: Daddy Kool Records in North Downtown
7. Madison, WI
Highest Rated Record Shop: Strictly Discs in Dudgeon-Monroe
8. New York, NY
Highest Rated Record Shop: Generation Records in Greenwich Village
9. Philadelphia, PA
Highest Rated Record Shop: Main Street Music in Manayunk
10. Austin, TX
Highest Rated Record Shop: Waterloo Records in Clarksville/Old West Austin
If you're interested in a more detailed run-down as to how they picked the top 10 stores, you can read Redfin's explanation:
"For this report, Foursquare evaluated 60 major metropolitan areas to come up with the 10 that have the most record shops per capita, then found one ZIP code in each area with the highest concentration. Redfin pulled sales information (New York sales information was pulled from the U.S. Census) for the past year to find the median sale price of homes in each of the 10 ZIP codes, then translated that median price to records using $20 as the average record price. To find the highest-rated shop in each metro area, we used Foursquare’s rating system. Foursquare ratings are numbers, not stars, and take multiple factors into account including likes, dislikes, popularity, loyalty, local expertise and user tips."
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