Men's Fitness Magazine's 2004 Ranking

Fattest Cities in 2004
1. Detroit (last year ranked 3rd)
2. Houston (1)
3. Dallas (9)
4. San Antonio (13)
5. Chicago (2)
6. Fort Worth, Texas (16)
7. Philadelphia (4)
8. Arlington, Texas (not listed last year)
9. Cleveland (6)
10. Columbus, Ohio (8)
11. Atlanta (7)
12. Mesa, Ariz. (19)
13. Oklahoma City (23)
14. Kansas City (22)
15. Miami (24)
16. Las Vegas (18)
17. Indianapolis (12)
18. Phoenix (14)
19. Tulsa, Okla. (not listed last year)
20. Memphis, Tenn. (not listed last year)
21. New York (15)
22. New Orleans (11)
23. Baltimore (20)
24. El Paso, Texas (17)
25. Washington (same/25)

To determine the top 25 fattest cities, the magazine looked at the 50 largest cities in 14 categories, such as air quality, climate, commute time, total number of fast-food and pizza restaurants, and number of health clubs and sporting goods stores.

And Here are the Fittest Cities in 2004

1. Honolulu (1)
2. San Francisco (3)
3. Virginia Beach (8)
4. Denver (7)
5. Colorado Springs (4)
6. Seattle (2)
7. Boston (12)
8. Portland (6)
9. Tucson (9)
10. Sacramento (10)
11. Omaha (14)
12. Albuquerque (17)
13. Jacksonville (18)
14. San Diego (5)
15. Fresno (24)
16. Wichita (16)
17. Oakland (15)
18. Minneapolis (11)
19. Austin (13)
20. San Jose (19)
21. Milwaukee (21)
22. Charlotte (10) in Fattest
23. Long Beach (20) in Fattest
24. Nashville (23)
25. Los Angeles (22)

For 2005, Houston regained the #1 spot and Seattle overtook Honolulu for the Fittest City title.

That's why us Texans drive SUVs and P/Us...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

That just reminded me, time for a hot choclate and a danish.

Fittest:
"22. Charlotte (10) in Fattest
23. Long Beach (20) in Fattest"


That's A Huge Jump From Last Year . . . I Wonder what made the difference ? . . . I Think It was poor stats ; )

What Ever Happened to Using Scales? -
"To determine the top 25 fattest cities, the magazine looked at the 50 largest cities in 14 categories, such as air quality, climate, commute time, total number of fast-food and pizza restaurants, and number of health clubs and sporting goods stores."



P.S. I'm surprised L.A. isn't higher, or even On the Fattest List, I feel really Bad for those cities that made it.

~Mehow

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'69 280S (SOLD)

'79 300CD (SOLD)

Health freak! I'm going for biscuits and gravy. A beer would be good to wash it down.

What a bunch of crap about Dallas. If I wasn't driving my Navigator, eating a Big Mac, dipping my fries with my other hand and steering with my knee I would respond to this obvious fallacy.

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!

Seattle is the 2nd fittest and has the worst traffic. Wow! I’d write more but its my turn to lead the climb up Mt Rainier and make it back down before dinner - when we're having coffee flavored granola with smoked salmon and baked spinach! Mmmmmmmmmmmm Someone said something about Krispy Kreeme liquid doughnut goo for dessert.

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...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"

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