Caring Connections - Best Cities to Celebrate Mother's Day

It's nearly Mother’s Day, and it’s time to start planning the ultimate day of relaxation and celebration! But where are the best cities to celebrate Mother’s Day?

To answer that question, the researchers over at The Maids comparatively analyzed the top 50 most-populated U.S. cities across 9 factors that considered convenience/relief as well as celebration/relaxation. All factors are listed below, but some include the cost and availability of childcare (to give mothers a day off) and the number of spas, brunch restaurants, Mother’s Day events, etc. (to give mothers some fun activities)! Here’s what the study found:

• The best cities spanned across the country, but #1 Atlanta, Georgia, scored the highest overall! Atlanta made it in the top 5 of four different factors: number of childcare workers, cleaning services, brunch restaurants, and spas. 

• St. Louis, Orlando, Cincinnati, and Miami round out the top 5 (in that order). 

• Florida had 3 cities (Orlando, Miami, Tampa) in the top 15, the most of any state. Virginia is the only other state with multiple cities (Richmond, Virginia Beach) in the top 15. 

• California, as a state, performed the worst overall. Five CA cities landed in the bottom 10 (San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Riverside, and San Diego). 

You can check out the full study here. 

Factors analyzed in the study: No. of Childcare Workers (per 100K Residents), Average Hourly Cost of a Babysitter, No. of House Cleaning Services (per 100K Residents), No. of Flower Shops (per 100K Residents), No. of Day Spas (per 100K Residents), No. of Brunch Restaurants (per 100K Residents), No. Of Mother’s Day “Events” (per 100K Residents), Average Star Rating of Brunch Restaurants, and Average Cost of a Brunch Entree.