DC Wins as the Top City in Parks and Prepares for Its Greenest Season

In DC, it's enough to get out of the house with a towel, a bottle of water, and a little free time to bump into a park. Kids run through water jets in Yards Park. Adults do yoga under the trees. Squirrels look local. And yes, all that helps breathe the city better.Now there's one more reason to brag about it: Washington DC has just been named —again— as the best city in the country for public parks.Recognition comes just in time to receive summe…

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DC ranks as the nation’s “best big-city park system” for the fifth year in a row, according to the latest survey from the Trust for Public Land.