These Are The Big US Cities With The Most Active Living Style

Gallup just did a survey which evaluated 48 cities in the U.S in the best “active living environments” by looking at bike lanes, public transit, parks and the level to which each city was walkable. With this data, they ranked which cities are most effective in helping citizens live actively, and apparently larger cities ranked way higher than smaller ones, check out the cities who topped the list.

1. Boston

This city ranked as the top “active living community” and according to researchers, is the result of investments in public areas such as parks and bike lanes.

2. San Francisco

San Francisco ranked 2nd place; the top-ranked cities have significantly lower rates of smoking, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure according to Gallup.

3. Chicago

And having lower rates in negative health conditions means having higher rates of exercise, healthy eating, fresh produce consumption.

4. New York

The survey also said that having a more effective public transportation system is also connected to lesser physical pain.

5. Washington D.C.

“Once again it confirms that lifestyle as medicine is truly the best and most reliable strategy approach to health and wellbeing,” said Wellness Director Dr. Roy Buchinsky from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

On the other hand, the lowest points received were from cities like Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Tulsa. Oklahoma and Indiana have the two lowest scores on the list.

Why? because these cities have high rates of negative health conditions, like obesity, depression, hypertension, smoking, diabetes and others.

But that doesn’t mean those small cities can’t move to a higher spot on the list; they just have to invest a little bit more in their infrastructure.