Feb 26, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Find the 20 Top Things-To-Do Anywhere

MALABAR, Fla., Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On Feb 19, 2015, http://www.HomeTownLocator.com (HTL), a leading online source of local information, maps, and current data, introduced a new capability: search for the 20 most popular places in over 19,000 incorporated U.S. cities and towns as well as nearly 10,000 census designated places (CDPs). CDPs are identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as small, populated areas that lack separate municipal government, but physically resemble incorporated places.

There is a new link on the first page of each of the 29,000 Community Profiles that leads directly to the Top 20 Most Popular Places for that town. In addition, each profile has a "Places" tab that offers additional search options.

SEARCH FOR THE MOST POPULAR THINGS TO DO ... OR BY CATEGORY
The search results for the "Top 20 Most Popular Places" in any community are returned in ranked order based on popularity: positive reviews, search queries, and related user data. The initial search uses a 4-mile search radius from the primary coordinate point for each community and includes all categories. Easy options allow you to change the search radius and/or limit the search to selected categories including: 

    --  EAT AND DRINK - restaurants, coffee shops, etc.
    --  GOING OUT / ENTERTAINMENT - bars, nightclubs, theatres, cinemas
    --  SIGHTS AND MUSEUMS - special interest places, tourist attractions,
        museums
    --  LEISURE AND OUTDOOR - parks, sports places, recreation and other outdoor
        activity locations

The search results present you with a map showing the top places based on your search specifics. The search radius can be set to 2, 4, 8 or 16 miles. This ability to "zoom-in" or out accommodates a wide variety of circumstances for both large and small communities.

A search for the most popular eat and drink places near Pompano Beach, Florida, for example, shows the 20 top restaurant locations on a map and lists them with their distance. A link leads to a page with a large scale map, the address, phone number and a link to the website. Another link leads to driving directions.

CURRENT INFORMATION, UPDATED REGULARLY
HomeTownLocator®, produced by HTL, Inc., has been a popular resource for local information with an average of over a million unique visitors per month for each of the last 14 years. They are well known for providing timely information. The demographic information and five-year forecast for every community is updated annually. The school attendance zone maps and ZIP Code maps are updated quarterly. The geographic database of over 2 million physical and cultural features is updated six times per year.

UNIQUE SEARCH OPTIONS AND TOOLS
In addition to the new "Find the Top 20 Things to Do" tool, the HomeTownLocator® series of state gazetteers also offers a set of easy-to-use tools to review boundary maps for cities, towns, school attendance zones, and ZIP Codes. Users can also easily compare, contrast, and rank cities and neighborhoods based on average home values, household income, diversity index and other annually updated demographic data. This is detailed local research made easy!

ABOUT HomeTownLocator.COM
The HomeTownLocator® series of state gazetteers, produced by HTL, Inc., has been a popular online resource for local information for over 14 years. In the last 12 months, the site has received over 16 million visits according to directly measured data by QuantCast.com.

SOURCE HomeTownLocator.com