So So Sorry Allison-but at least you are healthy
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copteacher
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 Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:37 Post subject: So So Sorry Allison-but at least you are healthy
The Unhealthiest City In the U.S.A.
The unhealthiest U.S. city in which to live is St. Louis, Missouri, according to Organic Style magazine, which ranked 125 cities based on their "environmental toxicity." This included data on air quality, toxic releases, agricultural pollution, and more.
The top 10 unhealthiest cities:
1. St. Louis, Missouri
2. Chicago, Illinois
3. Detroit, Michigan
4. New York, New York
5. Cleveland, Ohio
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9. Cincinnati, Ohio
10. Indianapolis, Indiana
The top 10 cities worldwide with the best quality of life are...
The top 10 healthiest cities:
1. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2. Rapid City, South Dakota
3. Grand Junction, Colorado
4. Olympia, Washington
5. Fort Myers, Florida
6. Sherman, Texas
7. Cheyenne, Wyoming
8. Flagstaff, Arizona
9. Columbia, Missouri
10. Anchorage, Alaska
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:42 Post subject: Re: So So Sorry Allison-but at least you are healthy
| rtpd113 wrote: | | 6. Sherman, Texas |
Well, there is alot more to "quality of life" than clean air and water.
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:45 Post subject: Re: So So Sorry Allison-but at least you are healthy
| rtpd113 wrote: | The top 10 cities worldwide with the best quality of life are...
The top 10 healthiest cities:
...list of 10 cities all in the US... |
it's a small world after all...
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:50 Post subject:
WOO HOO! Go Philly! at least we're not the fattest anymore:
The Fattest City in U.S.
Houston, we still have a weight problem. For the third year in a row, "Men's Fitness" magazine has named Houston the nation's fattest city. The magazine blamed the Houston area's hot and humid climate, "abysmal" air quality, relative lack of outdoor recreation and residents' love of junk food.
The country's fourth-largest city topped a list of 25 cities, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Cheesesteak-loving Philadelphia once held the same title, but started a citywide fitness campaign after the magazine named it the flab capital in 1999.
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:52 Post subject: Re: So So Sorry Allison-but at least you are healthy
| rtpd113 wrote: | The top 10 healthiest cities:
2. Rapid City, South Dakota
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Hmmm.... A little slice of heaven on the prarie?
Actually, Rapid is where I am running my marathon in October!
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:54 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | WOO HOO! Go Philly! at least we're not the fattest anymore:
The Fattest City in U.S.
Houston, we still have a weight problem. For the third year in a row, "Men's Fitness" magazine has named Houston the nation's fattest city. The magazine blamed the Houston area's hot and humid climate, "abysmal" air quality, relative lack of outdoor recreation and residents' love of junk food.
The country's fourth-largest city topped a list of 25 cities, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Cheesesteak-loving Philadelphia once held the same title, but started a citywide fitness campaign after the magazine named it the flab capital in 1999. |
Don't pay this any mind, Shuryl. This is from 'Men's Fitness." The women in Houston, I am sure, fall in another all together different category. 
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:54 Post subject:
I see PA is well represented in the worst 
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omega lambda
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:55 Post subject:
I noticed there are NO cities from California on the unhealthiest list.  to all you naysayers of the Golden State! 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 16:58 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | 6. Sherman, Texas |
Well, there is alot more to "quality of life" than clean air and water. |
AMEN!!! My uncle lives there....  um not so much.
| elkid wrote: | WOO HOO! Go Philly! at least we're not the fattest anymore:
The Fattest City in U.S.
Houston, we still have a weight problem. For the third year in a row, "Men's Fitness" magazine has named Houston the nation's fattest city. The magazine blamed the Houston area's hot and humid climate, "abysmal" air quality, relative lack of outdoor recreation and residents' love of junk food.
The country's fourth-largest city topped a list of 25 cities, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Cheesesteak-loving Philadelphia once held the same title, but started a citywide fitness campaign after the magazine named it the flab capital in 1999. |
Yeah, that annual article has city council all in a wad. The thing is the factors they use to determine that are things that I believe would have little to no effect on whether or not people are overweight here. Among them: number of gyms listed on yellowpages.com versus restaurants listed on yellowpages.com. Wha? Thats just a form of advertisint. My gym isn't on there. But all the chain restaurants are on there multiple times. The greater the population of the state, the more detrimental your score. How does the fact that Texas is highly populated have anything to do with weight? There were 5 or 6 Texas cities in the top 20 for this. And days with temperatures over 80 and under 20 (I think was the range) counted against you. Proximity to national parks, lakes and mountains were other factors. Things that can never be changed and probably have little effect on the city.
If anyone has the magazine article, feel free to correct any of the above....
That said, I'm not claiming Houston is a bunch of skinny minnie's either, I'm just saying that by their criteria we'll never be anything but #1.
Alan, I don't mind, but its a major news story every year I've lived here.
 hey wait...maybe I do have something to do with this...
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 17:00 Post subject: Re: So So Sorry Allison-but at least you are healthy
| rtpd113 wrote: | The Unhealthiest City In the U.S.A.
The top 10 unhealthiest cities:
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10. Indianapolis, Indiana
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I'm glad I don't live anywhere close to Indianapolis. Oh wait. I'm only 40 miles away. Drats.
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 17:03 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | | I noticed there are NO cities from California on the unhealthiest list. to all you naysayers of the Golden State! |
Wonder what the number of liposuction clinics is though? 
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 17:08 Post subject:
I don't actually live in the city of St. Louis.
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omega lambda
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 17:16 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | omega lambda wrote: | | I noticed there are NO cities from California on the unhealthiest list. to all you naysayers of the Golden State! |
Wonder what the number of liposuction clinics is though? |
They outnumber Starbucks 2 to 1. In fact, Sandy Cheeks had liposuction for lunch. She's trying to achieve the purple stick look, instead of the purple sausage look.  Me, I just go for the lunchtime botox. I hope you all are tuning in to "The OC" on Fox to find out what our lives are really like.
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 17:21 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | | genie wrote: | | omega lambda wrote: | | I noticed there are NO cities from California on the unhealthiest list. to all you naysayers of the Golden State! |
Wonder what the number of liposuction clinics is though? |
They outnumber Starbucks 2 to 1. In fact, Sandy Cheeks had liposuction for lunch. She's trying to achieve the purple stick look, instead of the purple sausage look. Me, I just go for the lunchtime botox. I hope you all are tuning in to "The OC" on Fox to find out what our lives are really like. |
 Smart woman....botox is quicker and then you can stop at Starbucks on the way back for a frappie!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 17:22 Post subject:
Can someone explain Botox to me? Does it just paralyze the muscles so they don't crease your face and cause wrinkles??
its really popular here too apparently
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