10 U.S. Cities with the Most Tattoos

Ink is a thing of beauty in these towns, from Angelina Jolie's birthplace to Kat Von D's old hangout

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No. 7: San Francisco, Calif. With seven tattoo parlors per 100,000 people in San Francisco alone (we didn't count nearby Oakland and college town Berkeley), San Francisco ranks super high on our list. The Bay Area was even mentioned (along with New York City, which didn't make our list) as the only American places in Matador Nights' "Five Destinations for the Tattooed Traveler," thanks to its status as an underground "haven" for tattoo lovers in the '60s.

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Some of these cities completely surprised me!

by GigiSD Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 06:08PM Report as inappropriate

getting a tattoo soon after i lose 50 pounds..tattoos are amazing and sexy

by sdavi60 Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 04:25PM Report as inappropriate

tattoos are all over nomatter where u live there will always be someone there that has at least 1 i myself have 3 and almost everyone i no has a tatto i think a tattoo is sexy

by littlesweets801 Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 01:51PM Report as inappropriate

interesting

by butterfly11 Friday, March 15, 2013 at 05:08PM Report as inappropriate

I live in Atlanta, GA and see tattooed people every where. Maybe it's just the places I go. But I am beginning to notice tattoo parlors in so many places. I wonder where we were on the list.

by lanereidbeauty Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 12:21PM Report as inappropriate

Wow! Many of these were not surprises, but some were.

by NillaButterfly Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 05:51PM Report as inappropriate

Proud to see my city on the list!! :]

by Lamexicana1 Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 04:17PM Report as inappropriate

Cool article

by yestfl Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 11:24AM Report as inappropriate

interesting

by LittleBunny Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 08:05PM Report as inappropriate

very interesting!

by Chris213 Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 06:00PM Report as inappropriate