Just how much fun? According to researchers affiliated with a chain of business publications, the Allentown area (in the studys case, this spans across the Lehigh Valley or what we like to call “Greater Allentown”) ranks as the nations 54th most fun city out of the 100 largest metro areas, ahead of other prominent cities such as Virginia Beach, Kansas City, Colorado Springs and Phoenix. The Greater Allentown area received above average rankings for access to cultural and historic sites, access to high-impact sports and recreation sports centers. Coverage from the Morning Call can be found here
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