Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
After travelling a lot lately, and being back home in Seattle. This list is not overly surprising.
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America's fattest cities
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megachao24
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Surprised to see both San Antonio and Houston not in the top ten. Just about every past list on obese cities usually had those two in the top three.
AntraxSuicide
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Most people just read that as a "don't self harm" message, unless you're really religious and then it's a "don't get tattoos" message. It would be impressive to find a congregation anywhere in the South that actually cared about body weight.
Vital Tundra
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I really can't blame people in the south. Southern cooking is the food of gods.
Yeah been there too, I think it used to be No, 1 a few years ago
adamantypants
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Las Vegas at #78. I'll take it
FalsettoVibe
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You aint lying....
Uncle tator nooo, put that away.
RiderKairuu
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There's nothing to do in the south but eat and drink.
smokeandmirrors
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now overlay the list of cities with the best public transport and walkability ratings.
blame space
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There's not even any good food in toledo
Nope, they eat to forget. (Left over 20 years ago, but still visit family)
StrongBlackVine
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I would like to see a comparison to cities in Europe and Asia. I don't think it would be flattering for the U.S. Obesity is a epidemic in the states.
SlaughterX
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People in the south fat cuz they got better food and women that can cook.
Host Samurai
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Dominated by red state cities
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
I also forgot to add that it's hot as fuck out there I had to cross the street and go up a block from the hotel to the burger place to get lunch and I remember it being an ordeal..... like I stopped in a store half way there to get a water and some air conditioning both ways.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Ftfy
None of this is really surprising to me when looking at the overall map. Generally speaking, it seems the leaders are the more rural and poor parts of the country. Places where people spend more time in their cars commuting, quality food is hard to come by, and the general culture of comfort food that dominates menus.
Recently, my family has been working hard to make better choices with food. It is actually more tricky than one would expect. Being in a small town in Texas at the moment, the produce around here is awful. Vegetables look like they have been through a war zone and fruit is often quite moldy. Bugs are numerous as well. I was so excited one time to find Cara oranges at the supermarket that usually I can only find in Houston. They should be fresh since it is something new to the store, right? I started picking them up and there was mold everywhere. It is frustrating.
So that on top of incredibly long commutes that people are taking more and more of, thus less time for exercise and walking, none of this is a surprise. Some I know travel 2.5 hours in a car each way, grabbing fast food along the way since there is no time to prepare meals.
What I really miss now are all the produce stands that stretched along the roads here when I was a kid. Fresh produce was everywhere and I used to help shell peas and prepare a lot of it with my grandmother. The more the mega supermarkets moved in though, the more the little stands disappeared, and the worse our food became.
Sorry for ranting a little. It is something that has really been bugging me for some time now.
Recently, my family has been working hard to make better choices with food. It is actually more tricky than one would expect. Being in a small town in Texas at the moment, the produce around here is awful. Vegetables look like they have been through a war zone and fruit is often quite moldy. Bugs are numerous as well. I was so excited one time to find Cara oranges at the supermarket that usually I can only find in Houston. They should be fresh since it is something new to the store, right? I started picking them up and there was mold everywhere. It is frustrating.
So that on top of incredibly long commutes that people are taking more and more of, thus less time for exercise and walking, none of this is a surprise. Some I know travel 2.5 hours in a car each way, grabbing fast food along the way since there is no time to prepare meals.
What I really miss now are all the produce stands that stretched along the roads here when I was a kid. Fresh produce was everywhere and I used to help shell peas and prepare a lot of it with my grandmother. The more the mega supermarkets moved in though, the more the little stands disappeared, and the worse our food became.
Sorry for ranting a little. It is something that has really been bugging me for some time now.
bucknuticus
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SECSECSECSEC
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
MS, AR, TX and TN. What a range!
P.S. Fuck Yahoo. Here's the original source that does a far better job of breakdown:
https://wallethub.com/edu/fattest-cities-in-america/10532/
That's list doesn't fit with the other list. No way is sacramento #2 fattest and Detroit #5 skinniest.
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Wait, is it because in Detroit you are either skinny or you are obese but sacramento you are likely either skinny or overweight?
"Minnesota Nice"? You would be fine in other areas as far as that's concerned. A lot of people definitely care about fitness here. The multitude of biking paths, parks, and trails have to help.
biggersmaller
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SchrodingerC
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Colorado people are exercising machines. Heat or snow, people will still bike up those mountains and rolling hills.
SEC BIAS!
SillyEskimo
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I first thought this was titled "America's Fattiest Titties".
Now I am sad.
Now I am sad.
thesoapster
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That data is yet to come.
blame space
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America's fattest bike tiresClubs are packed and biking is huge even in the winter.
As long as it wasn't all at the same time, you're probably okay. =D
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