Feb

19

Washington, DC Named Most “Walkable” City

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A recent Brookings Institution survey ranked the 30 biggest metropolitan areas according to the number of “walkable urban places” relative to the area’s population.

Our nations capital, Washington, DC, was ranked #1. Here is the complete list:

1. Washington
2. Boston
3. San Francisco
4. Denver
5. Portland, Ore.
6. Seattle
7. Chicago
8. Miami
9. Pittsburgh
10. New York
11. San Diego
12. Los Angeles
13. Philadelphia
14. Atlanta
15. Baltimore
16. St. Louis
17. Minneapolis
18. Detroit
19. Columbus, Ohio
20. Las Vegas
21. Houston
22. San Antonio
23. Kansas City, Mo.
24. Orlando, Fla.
25. Dallas
26. Phoenix
27. Sacramento, Calif.
28. Cincinnati
29. Cleveland
30. Tampa, Fla.

 

Feb

18

Washington, DC named 13th Fittest City in America

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Men’s Fitness magazine just released their annual list of fittest and fattest cities in America, and out nation’s capital comes in ranked #13.

I would like to think that it is a result of our world-class personal trainers. Unfortunately quality of personal training available wasn’t one of the judging criteria. Instead they looked at things like.

  • how much residents are excising

  • how healthfully they eat

  • how much they use gym memberships

  • how much junk food they consume

  • how much alcohol they consume

  • how much time they spend sitting in traffic.

Men’s Fitness also talks to mayors and city parks departments to learn about local exercise venues, programs designed to get citizens off their couches and moving, and civic leadership.

Washington would have ranked a lot higher if it wasn’t for alcohol comsumption and time spent in traffic. We received a grade of “F” when it came to booze and an “F+” when it came to traffic.

The Top 10 Fattest Cities in 2007

  1. Las Vegas

  2. San Antonio

  3. Miami

  4. Mesa, AZ

  5. Los Angeles

  6. Houston

  7. Dallas

  8. El Paso

  9. Detroit

  10. San Jose

 

The Top 10 Fittest Cities in 2007

  1. Albuquerque

  2. Seattle

  3. Colorado Springs

  4. Minneapolis

  5. Tucson

  6. Denver

  7. San Francisco

  8. Baltimore

  9. Portland

  10. Honolulu

Complete list of Fittest and Fattest Cities