It’s official. Per Prevention Magazine, Portland rates as America’s #1 Walking City.

The ratings:

# 1 Portland, Oregon
#2 Colorado Springs, Colorado
#3 Madison, Wisconsin
#4 Boise City, Idaho
#5 Las Vegas, Nevada
#6 Austin, Texas
#7 Virginia Beach, Virginia
#8 Anchorage, Alaska
#9 Fremont, California
#10 Raleigh, North Carolina

Personally, I’m kind of surprised Vegas made the list. It is a good walk in terms of distance (a block seems like a mile there), but if you’re near the strip, you spend more time turning away skanky chicks with leaflets than you do setting a good pace…

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