"Minneapolis is one of the <a href=""http://www.shape.com/fitness/top-10-fittest-cities-america"" target=""_blank"">fittest</a> and <a href=""http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/green-news/the-cleanest-and-the-most-polluted-cities/"" target=""_blank"">cleanest</a> cities in the country and one of the most forested. Every six blocks, there's a park, offering residents the opportunity for off-road cycling, hiking, canoeing and swimming. The city was one of the first to use the U.S. Forest Service's<a href=""http://www.itreetools.org/"" target=""_blank""> iTree assessment tool</a> to determine the benefits of its urban forest. As a result, Minneapolis can boast an urban forest with a <a href=""http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=52&prid=1947"" target=""_blank"">structural value of $756 million</a>."
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