These Are The 10 Best Places In Massachusetts To Catch Pokemon

So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in Massachusetts who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in Massachusetts, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Bay State:

1. Melrose (Photos)
2. Chelsea (Photos)
3. Woburn (Photos)
4. Northampton (Photos)
5. Newburyport (Photos)
6. Everett (Photos)
7. North Adams (Photos)
8. Holyoke (Photos)
9. Salem (Photos)
10. Revere (Photos)

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in Massachusetts. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in Massachusetts in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in Massachusetts in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in Massachusetts have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

• Number of parks per capita
• Number of museums per capita
• Number of churches per capita
• Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in Massachusetts.

1. Melrose

Population: 27,509
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.18
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.18
Churches Per 1,000 People: 2.18
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.18

2. Chelsea

Population: 37,084
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.62
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.62
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.62
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.62

3. Woburn

Population: 38,826
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.55
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.39
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.55
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.55

4. Northampton

Population: 28,637
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.43
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.8
Churches Per 1,000 People: 2.1
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.57

5. Newburyport

Population: 17,662
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.6
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.85
Churches Per 1,000 People: 3.4
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.79

6. Everett

Population: 42,758
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.4
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.4
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.4
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.4

7. North Adams

Population: 13,563
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.25
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.88
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.99
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.11

8. Holyoke

Population: 40,079
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.5
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.47
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.5
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.5

9. Salem

Population: 42,321
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.37
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.71
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.42
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.18

10. Revere

Population: 53,258
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.13
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.13
Churches Per 1,000 People: 1.13
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.13

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in Massachusetts where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in Massachusetts with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

1. Lynn (Photos)
2. Quincy (Photos)
3. Cambridge (Photos)
4. Fall River (Photos)
5. Springfield (Photos)

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Detailed List Of The Best Places In Massachusetts To Catch Pokemon

Rank	City	Population
1	Melrose	27,509
2	Chelsea	37,084
3	Woburn	38,826
4	Northampton	28,637
5	Newburyport	17,662
6	Everett	42,758
7	North Adams	13,563
8	Holyoke	40,079
9	Salem	42,321
10	Revere	53,258
11	Medford	56,981
12	Westfield	41,371
13	Attleboro	43,774
14	Malden	60,309
15	Beverly	40,370
16	Gardner	20,279
17	Waltham	61,908
18	Peabody	51,868
19	Chicopee	55,603
20	Marlborough	39,141
21	Somerville	77,560
22	Newton	86,945
23	Gloucester	29,237
24	Lynn	91,289
25	Quincy	92,920
26	Leominster	40,954
27	Lawrence	77,364
28	Pittsfield	44,226
29	Cambridge	106,844
30	Fitchburg	40,419
31	Haverhill	61,769
32	Taunton	56,056
33	Fall River	88,756
34	Springfield	153,836
35	Lowell	108,491
36	Brockton	94,267
37	Worcester	182,511
38	New Bedford	94,873
39	Boston	639,594