When Wendy Ng relocated to Irvine in 2018, the city’s park spaces played a big factor in her move. Irvine is “beautiful,” Ng said. “It has so much green space (and) walking trails. I feel very safe ...

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Irvine ranked fourth in the nation in the annual ParkScore report, with researchers noting that 94% of Irvine residents live within a 10 minute walk from a park, up from 89% last year and well above ...

Irvine had the nation’s fourth-best parks, according to the Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore index. The index is presented as something of a friendly competition between the 100 most populous ...

Kylie Chang, age 10, estimates that she’s been to more than 20 different parks in her lifetime. But none compare to Irvine’s Great Park, a huge park complete with dozens of soccer fields, whimsical ...

With more than 318,629 residents, Irvine is one of the nation’s most successful master-planned cities. Renowned for its top-ranked schools, public safety, award-winning parks, and exceptional quality ...

Why Irvine parks: In Irvine, more than 90% of residents live within 10 minutes of a park and the city spends over $600 per resident on its parks — the most out of the 100 cities polled on its park ...