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z .eisure activities surveyed- 4% sa rks vatuable~• ~ y~ , ranked wer libraries, uses Whether you spend your free time sky- adventure sports," Smith said. "But in diving, canoeing or stamp collecting, the case of the regional system, visitor chances are good you value parks. wrveys show we're missing some' seg- menu of the population. We want to ,~ !n fact, 94 percent of, the Metropolitan Area's adult population think parks are valuable-whether they use them or not -a new study by the Metropolitan Coun- cil shows. The study was a mail wrvey of adult Area residents' leiwre interests and recreatiogal concerns. find out what .they're interested m. 1~'1SIT1'VG, GUI1~G Ot,'T Rrople who responded chose parks ahead of public transit, fire protection, librar- ies, welfare and sewers asapublc-service spending priority. Schools, police, streets and public health were ranked ahead of parks. (Highest of all, however, was the response of "none.") "People are in favor of parks in the Twin Cities Area, and our regional and total system of parks is better than most," said Charles Smith, a Council parks planner who designed the wrvey. Of the 58 leiwre activities. listed in the survey, 90 percent or more of the people surveyed mentioned tt-ey're interested in visiting and calking with friends; going out (to eat, to movies,. etc.); watching TV or listening to .the. radio or stereo; and reading. Only 11 percent said they're interested in adventure sports such as skydiving, rock climbing and gliding. And less than 10 percent indicated an interest in racing, martial arts or playing hockey. Smith pointed out, however, that even 70 percent of the Region's adult popuia- tior, is a sizable number of people: 140,000. WHAT TWtN CITIANS LIKE TO [~O in tiro Mi~ur~ time: wsMcitg t849G1, risitinp (94%), "Were trying to provide a breadth of traveling IBS%1, reading 190%1. things, from more passive activities to Continued on page 3. -- ~ -