I knew there was a reason that I'm being drawn slowly and inexorably toward the Pacific Northwest: not only is it beautiful but it;s a great place to raise fit, healthy kids. That is, if you believe Mens Health magazine, and why wouldn't you?
Looking at a number of statistics, Men's Health rated a bunch of U.S. cities and Seattle came out on top. Yay Seattle! Here's the rest of the top ten:
2. New York
3. Cincinnati
4. Durham, N.C.
5. Salt Lake City
6. Fremont, Calif.
7. Yonkers, N.Y.
8. Oakland
9. San Francisco
10. Miami
I have to take issue with some of these rankings, by the way, but good old scientific-method Men's Health compared data on nutrition, the number of fast-food restaurants and sports camps
in cities, physical-education requirements, federal standards and other
information to come up with these. But...New York? ARE there kids in New York? And Cincinnati (where the chili ROCKS, I have to say, but there's also a lot of bratwurst per capita)?
And what about the bottom ten, you're wondering. Just look to where everything is supersized: Texas.
100.Cheyenne, Wyo.
99. Lubbock, Texas
98. Arlington, Texas
97. Charleston, W. Va.
96. Toledo, Ohio
95. San Antonio, Texas
94. Fargo, N.D.
93. Detroit.
92. Jackson, Miss.
91. Anchorage, Alaska
Wondering how your city stacks up? Me too! You can check here.
