The Best & Worst Cities For Recreation

Being active is important for our health, both physical and mental. Maintaining an active lifestyle is easier in places that encourage and facilitate recreation and a new report reveals the parts of the country where it’s easiest.

• WalletHub’s annual list of the Best and Worst Cities in the U.S. for Recreation has just come out.
• They compared the 100 biggest cities in the country on 47 factors in the areas of entertainment & recreational facilities, costs, quality of parks and weather.
• Based on those metrics, the best city for recreation is Las Vegas, Nevada.
• It comes in first for entertainment & recreational facilities and 18th for weather.
• Toledo, Ohio, 41st overall, is number one for cost, while Madison, Wisconsin, 46th overall, is first for quality of parks, and Riverside, California, 83rd overall, is tops for weather.
• This year’s worst city for recreation is Chula Vista, California, which is 99th for entertainment & recreational facilities and near the bottom for cost and quality of parks.

Top 10 Best Cities for Recreation

(Check out the full list here)

1. Las Vegas, Nevada
2. Orlando, Florida
3. Tampa, Florida
4. Cincinnati, Ohio
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
6. Scottsdale, Arizona
7. San Diego, California
8. St. Louis, Missouri
9. Atlanta, Georgia
10. New Orleans, Louisiana

The 10 Worst Cities for Recreation

1. Chula Vista, California
2. Oakland, California
3. Irving, Texas
4. Fremont, California
5. Newark, New Jersey
6. Hialeah, Florida
7. Durham, North Carolina
8. Jersey City, New Jersey
9. San Jose, California
10. Fort Wayne, Indiana

Out of 100 cities, Cleveland laned at #55.

Read the full article at WalletHub