News that Minneapolis has the best park system in the United States, according to the annual ParkScore Index by the Trust for Public Land, seems to have irked runners-up in places like Brooklyn, NY.
See: Mpls. Parks Rank #1, but Parts of SW Have 'High Need' for Parks
Under the headline "Apparently Minneapolis is a Better Park City Than New York," Matthew Hampton put it this way at Carroll Gardens Patch:
In what will probably go down as one of the great outrages of all time until we all forget about it tomorrow, New York City has finished second in the Trust for Public Land's annual ParkScore index.
The Big Apple finished behind Minneapolis — which is in like, Canada or something — based on a cumulative score factoring in things like investment in parks, ease of access and total acreage. ...
Each city was then given a number — its ParkScore — and then ranked in descending order.
Minneapolis finished first with a score of 81, blowing away the competition, putting New York City as a distant second with 73.5.
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