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As an April Fools’ joke, housing listing site Trulia announced a (joke) suite of online tools for pets to make a home search. But embedded in that joke is some real data: a ranking of the ten most pet-friendly metropolitan areas out of the country’s 100 largest cities.
The Seattle metro area, including Everett and Bellevue ranked a respectable ninth place, but Tacoma blew Seattle out of the Puget Sound at fifth.
The ranking is based on “pet scores,” which Trulia calculated based on the percentage of pet-friendly rentals, open park space, pet amenities like dog runs, and, of course, dog parks.
Seattle, lumped with Everett and Bellevue, scored 76.8, with 47 percent pet-friendly rentals and a high amount of pet amenities within households—but a surprisingly low park ranking.
Maps created by Trulia show the pet-friendliest spots in each area. By the looks of the Seattle map, it looks like Clyde Hill is really dragging us down.
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Tacoma has fewer pet amenities and fewer dog parks than Seattle, but has us beat in pet-friendly park space. A whopping 65.4 percent of their rentals are pet-friendly, according to Trulia’s data.
The friendliest area, by Trulia’s calculations, is Denver, followed by San Diego. Portland, for anyone who was curious, has us beat, too: They rank fourth, just ahead of Tacoma.