Massachusetts LOVES Pizza. Only 3 cities have more pizza joints per capita than Boston!

Forget the Roman Empire. I'm thinking about pizza. Almost every single day I have at least one passing thought about pizza. It's one food I hope I never have to live without. And I'm happy to see that I'm amongst likeminded pizza lovers. A new study looked at pizza passion across the country and it turns out Massachusetts loves pizza. There's a shocker.

In fact, only three states seem to love pizza more than us. Make your mental guesses now - the answer is coming up.

The study was commissioned by longtime Chicago pizzeria, Home Run Inn, and interestingly enough their home city of Chicago isn't one of the three cities with more pizza locations per capita than Massachusetts. Not even close actually. Mass is 4th on the list, Chicago is not even in the Top 25!

The study showed that New York City has the highest rated pizza (via average rating). San Fransisco finished second there, followed in third by Chicago. Boston finished in 23rd on that list. BUT...

When it comes to MOST pizza locations per 100K people, Boston is much higher on the list taking 4th place. Only 3 cities have more pizza joints per capita than Boston. Got Your mental guesses ready? It's time.

Boston has the 4th most pizzerias per 100K people at 48.0. Baltimore edges us out for third place with 49.6 pizza restaurants per 100K people. Las Vegas has the 2nd most amount of pizza spots per 100K, scoring a 54.0. And it's not even close with the jump from #2 to #1. Miami, Florida has the most pizza joints per 100K residents in the country. There are 91.8 pizza places in Miami per every 100K residents there. Miami may not be known for their quality of pizza but they sure have the quantity.

Ok. Now that we've wet your pizza appetite...

When I feel like the world has turned it's back on me, you know who's always there for me? Pizza. And almost every day there's a new survey or study or blog naming THE best pizza in Massachusetts. I guess this is another one of those... kind of. Also, the winner of this Massachusetts Pizza Off was neither A) Pizzeria Regina nor B) Santarpio's.

FamilyMinded just released it's best pizzas in every state - with a twist - they focused on "Best FAMILY Pizza Joint," that is, they're all "the best" pizzeria in the state to go out and dine-in with your family. I like that twist, good job FamilyMinded!

So I'll give you their picks for Best Family Pizza Joint in every New England state, I'll throw in a few extra states for fun, then we'll wrap it up with Massachusetts. If it's not Regina or Santarpio's, who do you think it could be? I'll also include Dave Portnoy reviews when there's one available.

ALSO - If you love BURRITOS, this one is the best in Massachusetts. Ok, on to the 'za!

I love that New Hampshire's best family pizza joint is inside.... a General Store? That is awesome and I will be bringing my family to White Buffalo to try this one out for sure! There is dine-in there BTW. I checked.

With multiple locations, locals swear by their flatbreads... err... pizza. And yes, these are the same ones you can buy in the freezer section at many grocery stores around here.

Don't turn your nose up just because it says "grocery." I've had some amaaaaazzziiinnnggg pizzas from grocery stores. Plus it's Maine. You could find good food in clothing stores there.

New Haven-style pizza that Dave Portnoy must have LOVED! Let's see:

With multiple locations, DePetrillo's is top notch bakery pizza. There are some really, really great bakery pizzas out there! Shout out Montillio's here in Mass.

With multiple locations, DePetrillo's is top notch bakery pizza. There are some really, really great bakery pizzas out there! Shout out Montillio's here in Mass.

Old school owner making New York pizza the way New York pizza is supposed to be made.

I spent my first 9 years living in New Jersey and on behalf of my family, I'm giving the runner-up trophy to People's Pizzeria in Englishtown. They're closed now so pour a little on the ground.

They made TripAdvisor's Top 10 Pizzas in America list so they're getting lots of flowers!

They import their mozzarella straight from Italy. I can get behind that passion with my mouth.

I'll call this an upset win. Even though they're always bustling and boast a long list of celebrity fans, they're usually not in the "best of Massachusetts debate," but maybe they should be. Have you tried Area Four? Was it soooooooo good? Let us know in the comments!
Check their website out right here!