Nearly 300 parks. More than 300 miles of bike trails. Tens of thousands of acres of open space a short drive from your home.
These are the gifts of the green, sustainable design, which year after year delivers kudos for Irvine as one of America’s healthiest places to live.
Once again, this year, Irvine ranks among the top 10 healthiest U.S. cities, according to separate studies by the Anthem Foundation, WalletHub and Niche.
All three found that convenient access to Irvine’s parks, open space and bike trails help make its residents fitter and happier. That outcome is a central goal of the city’s Master Plan, designed to create a place where “nature and people prosper.”
But it’s not just nature that is making Irvine so healthy. Residents also benefit from the city’s two award-winning hospitals, Hoag and Kaiser Permanente, as well as 18 MemorialCare locations and one of America’s top research universities, UCI Health. In addition, the City of Hope’s $1 billion cancer-treatment center is expected to be completed in 2022.
“That’s the beauty of Irvine,” says Lucy Dunn of the Orange County Business Council. “It attracts the best and the brightest. Whoever your health care provider is, they are already here.”
