Atlanta isn’t a bad place to be if you’ve got a special someone in your life this Valentine’s Day.

In fact, the metro was just named one of the top 10 best cities in the country's 100 most populated cities to spend Valentine's Day, according to personal finance website WalletHub's new ranking.

To come up with the list, analysts studied the cities across four key dimensions: budget, activities, gift accessibility and weather forecast.

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Scores for the key dimensions were then calculated based on 20 relevant metrics such as average movie ticket price, restaurants and florists per capita, walkability and temperature variations.

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Atlanta came in at No. 7 on the list and scored high in the activities and gift accessibility dimensions.

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And if you're up for some extra romance, the most romantic destination in the state, according to Travel+Leisure, is only a few hours away.

The best place in the nation to spend the holiday, according to WalletHub, is San Francisco, California. And the worst is Hialeah, Florida.

Here are the top 10 best places to spend Valentine's Day in America, according to WalletHub:

  1. San Francisco, California
  2. Scottsdale, Arizona
  3. Orlando, Florida
  4. Honolulu, Hawaii
  5. Seattle, Washington
  6. Las Vegas, Nevada
  7. Atlanta, Georgia
  8. Portland, Oregon
  9. San Diego, California
  10. Denver, Colorado

More about the study and its methodology.

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