Philadelphia: It’s Not Just America’s Fattest, Ugliest, Most Miserable City

Travel Blog  •  Valerie Conners  •  07.21.08 | 2:31 PM ET

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It’s with apparent pride that Philadelphia shakes off its regular litany of national ranking dishonors—it’s already been named among the fattest, ugliest and most miserable cities in America—to accept a ranking it can finally be proud of: fifth most walkable U.S. city.

The City of Brotherly Love finds itself in good strolling company, following San Francisco, New York, Boston and Chicago, respectively, as determined by the very cool Walk Score.