"If you're a lover of outdoor urban activity, might we suggest a move to Minneapolis?" begins the
story on U.S. city park systems from
Grist.
The online news site cited rankings from the Trust for Public Land in its second-annual
ParkScore Index. Although Minneapolis didn't appear on last year's list, the survey results were tweaked this year to include more metropolitan locations, and the city zoomed to the top, beating out larger cities like San Francisco and New York City.
In calculating the rankings, ParkScore looked at acreage of city parks, services and investment, and access. Minneapolis parks boast 15 percent of the city's overall area, with over 5,000 acres of parkland.