Sacramento is the top city for weed in the Golden State, according to new rankings from Clever Real Estate.
The brokerage firm compiled a list of the Best Weed Cities in 2023 based on data from Leafly, the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Google Trends, Price of Weed, and Yelp.
The researchers prioritized marijuana legality but also factored in prescribing physicians, dispensaries per capita, dispensary ratings, weed prices, and more.
Portland, Oregon took the #1 spot followed by Denver, Colorado and Buffalo, New York. Sacramento was the highest ranked in California, coming in at #7.
According to Clever, the top five weed cities in California are:
- Sacramento (#7 nationally)
- San Diego (#8 nationally)
- Los Angeles (# 9 nationally)
- San Francisco (#10 nationally)
- San Jose (#12 nationally)
See the full list and methodology here.
List and data were compiled by Clever Real Estate and do not reflect statistics on all cities.