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January 9, 2003
Fittest vs. Fatest

Normally, these kinds of statistics are pretty meaningless, but the geographic breakdown of the "10 fatest and 10 fittest" cities in the US is quite extraordinary. It's 100% East (fat) vs West (fit), with the exception of Virginia Beach, which I explain because of the huge military presense there (keeping the recruits slim). The criteria is explained here.

FIT

2003
1. Honolulu
2. Seattle
3. San Francisco
4. Colorado Springs, Colo.
5. San Diego
6. Portland, Ore.
7. Denver
8. Virginia Beach, Va.
9. Tucson, Ariz.
10. Sacramento

FAT

1. Houston
2. Chicago
3. Detroit
4. Philadelphia
5. St Louis
6. Cleveland
7. Atlanta
8. Columbus, Ohio
9. Dallas
10. Charlotte, N.C.
Posted at 4:25 AM | Comments (5)
Category: General Thoughts



 Comments on this article:

Personally I thought New Orleans or another Louisiana city would've been on the FAT list!

 Posted by: Brandi on January 4, 2004 4:05 AM

Your info is not up to date. Now Detroit is the fatest city.

You need to update your list of fatest cities:

1. Detroit
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. San Antonio
5. Chicago

 Posted by: Chet on January 6, 2004 3:04 PM

The only reason why any TX cities are because of the BEER!

 Posted by: Veronica on January 10, 2004 8:59 AM

Texas is an eastern state?

 Posted by: on July 3, 2004 11:10 AM

You know, Virginia Beach isn't because of the military, it's because of the amount of tourism and the result of the so-called "white flight" that occurred when Virginia Beach started to become more developed (the rich/well-to-do Norfolk families moved there) Most of the military is crowded around the bases in Military housing.

 Posted by: kitten on September 9, 2004 12:10 PM