Thursday, July 6, 2017

WalletHub: Denver One of Top 10 Best Cities for Recreation

With July being National Parks and Recreation Month and America’s largest cities investing nearly $7.1 billion on parks this past year, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017's Best & Worst Cities for Recreation.

To highlight the relative benefit of public spaces and recreational activities for consumers and economies across the country, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across 44 key indicators of recreation-friendliness. For each city, WalletHub examined basic living costs, the quality of parks, the accessibility of entertainment and recreational facilities, as well as the weather.
 
Best Cities for Recreation Worst Cities for Recreation
1 Orlando, FL 91 Toledo, OH
2 San Diego, CA 92 Fremont, CA
3 Las Vegas, NV 93 Gilbert, AZ
4 Tampa, FL 94 Santa Ana, CA
5 Atlanta, GA 95 Oakland, CA
6 Cincinnati, OH 96 Jersey City, NJ
7 Tucson, AZ 97 Chula Vista, CA
8 Denver, CO 98 Hialeah, FL
9 San Francisco, CA 99 Newark, NJ
10 Chicago, IL 100 Irving, TX
Source: WalletHub