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Vegetarian restaurants, stores, events, and products are sprouting up all across the country. PETA recently surveyed America's cities to find out which are the most vegetarian-friendly, ones boasting vegetarian restaurants, health food supermarkets and stores, and high sales of vegetarian and vegan products (based on data from eight major vegetarian/vegan companies). We also conducted random telephone surveys of popular eateries in each city to ask about meatless options they offer. Cities that are home to active vegetarian groups and vegetarian food fairs received bonus points. Lastly we weighed population as a factor and determined a per-capita ratio that evens out the playing field for the smaller cities.

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