{"id":2206984,"date":"2025-12-20T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2206984"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:47:07","slug":"dublin-named-ohios-most-hallmark-movie-like-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dublin-named-ohios-most-hallmark-movie-like-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin named Ohio&#8217;s most Hallmark movie like city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"77066661007\" title=\"Video: Are these Hallmark Christmas movie titles real or fake?\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/12\/06\/PCIN\/76810088007-120524-christmas-tree-at-night-03.JPG?crop=8639,4861,x0,y449\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Video: Are these Hallmark Christmas movie titles real or fake?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year! Are these Hallmark movie titles real or fake? We put downtown Cincinnatians to the test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Looking for small-town love with a good-looking, plaid-shirted stranger? Look no farther than Dublin, Ohio.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>If that description sounds like a cheesy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/06\/hallmark-christmas-movies-2025-guide\/87602037007\/\">Hallmark<\/a> plot, it\u2019s because a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnetwork.com\/entertainment\/hallmark-movie-odds\">recent analysis by Action Network<\/a> pinpointed Dublin as the Ohio city most similar to those charming burgs of made-for-TV filmdom.<\/p>\n<p>The major sports betting media company gathered data on more than 3,000 U.S. towns, limiting the field to populations between 3,000 and 50,000 people. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/profile?q=Dublin%20city,%20Ohio%20Pueblo\">2020 U.S. Census<\/a> recorded 49,328 Dublin residents.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/18\/NCOD\/87831178007-christmas-under-stars-hallmark.jpeg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/18\/NCOD\/87831178007-christmas-under-stars-hallmark.jpeg?crop=2223,1666,x138,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/18\/NCOD\/87831178007-christmas-under-stars-hallmark.jpeg?crop=1251,1666,x624,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/18\/NCOD\/87831178007-christmas-under-stars-hallmark.jpeg?crop=2499,1406,x0,y130 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Photo by Allister Foster\/Provided by Hallmark\" caption=\"Good news for small-town guys in plaid shirts: According to sports betting media company Action Network, the Ohio city where a Hallmark movie is most likely is Dublin.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Small business count, historic landmarks per 1,000 residents, and winter snowfall were examined, and the top-ranked city in each state was deemed its \u201cmost Hallmark-like.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>We can\u2019t promise a random meet-cute moment with Plaid Shirt Hottie, but Action Network guarantees that Dublin offers a thriving community of 11,112 small businesses; one historical site per 1,000 residents; and an average December snowfall of 2 inches.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contact features, entertainment and things to do reporter Belinda M. Paschal at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"bpaschal@dispatch.com\">bpaschal@dispatch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-12-20 11:03:34.464994164 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-12-20 11:03:34.464994164 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dispatch.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Are these Hallmark Christmas movie titles real or fake? It&#8217;s that time of year! Are these Hallmark movie titles real or fake? We put downtown Cincinnatians to the test. Looking for small-town love with a good-looking, plaid-shirted stranger? Look no farther than Dublin, Ohio. 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