Columbus ranked third best pizza city in the country, Ohio ranked best pizza state in new national list

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You don’t need to tell us here in Central Ohio that Columbus is a top-tier pizza city, but now we have some national confirmation to boast about.

That’s because, according to a new, in-depth list from real estate loan company Anytime Estimate, Columbus is the third best pizza city in the nation, and Ohio is the best pizza state.

The list utilized a a variety of weighted components, including:

Google Trends interest in 20 pizza variations
Pizza restaurants per 100,000 residents
Pizza restaurants per square mile
Google Trends interest in general pizza terms
Independent pizza restaurants per 100,000 residents
Average price and affordability of cheese pizza
Average price and affordability of pepperoni pizza
Big chain pizza restaurants per 100,000 residents

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“Columbus doesn’t just have school spirit, it also has pizza pride. With a Google Trends rating for different types of pizza that’s 34% higher than average, Ohio’s capital ranks No. 3 in pizza passion,” the entry for Columbus on the Anytime Estimate list reads. “Someone should throw a pep(peroni) rally, as pepperoni prices in Columbus are among the top 10 cheapest in the country (at $7.24, 14% cheaper than the average city we analyzed). Columbus residents also search for pepperoni pizza third-most of any city, behind only Houston and Louisville, Ky.”

Also on the list was Cleveland, which came in as the number two best pizza city overall. Detroit was ranked the nation’s top pizza city by the list, with popular pizza towns like Chicago (14) and New York (22) falling out of the top 10.

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