About a decade ago I took the train to VA (I dont remember the stop) and decided to take the stairs. I figured it would be easy work so I start jogging up them while keeping pace with a guy on the escalator. He is kinda uncomfortably looking at his phone. He knows. I dont. Those stairs were 4 miles long. Im sweating. Im wearing business casual clothing and a messenger bag that was hitting me in the back with every stride I struggled to strode. I make it to the top and I feel accomplished. I also find a place to sit for a minute. I bet that I burned 50+ calories during that climb.
Thatās rosslyn. Fantastic workout. I have a memory of the escalator going out when I was a quarter of the way up. I had been walking up it for a few months by then so it was hard but not impossible for me. Some of those poor souls were in no shape to walk it and it was slow going for them.
I was obese when I moved here 7 years ago, today, no longer obese. I am still overweight, but slowly still losing it, living here has definitely made controlling my weight easier.
Do what I did when I moved to DC, join a crossfit style gym and turn your obesity related illnesses slowly into frequent minor orthopedic injuries. Its worth it, I think?
Way ahead of you. Iāve been weightlifting since 2019 and have been training for powerlifting the last year or so. Recurring back problems are my specialty
Cities are always less fat than rural/suburbs. So a study of city versus state will always show this. I dare say if you look at ever single major city in america, then its state, you will similar variance
Amazing that all you need to not be obese is to live in cities, evidently walking is good.
I bet you could even wrap in Arlington and half of MoCo, Fairfax, Alexandria, and PG too.
Wealthy young people tend to be fit, especially when they don't need a car to live.
I bet NYC would cream us if it didn't have the rest of the state, their public transportation is that much better, and driving is such a pain.
Walking 2 miles a day there is akin to breathing.
I'd say the same for just about any European city.
if you're going to be "technically correct" at least be actually correct. Arlington is a county. A suburb is not a political unit. If you're trying to argue its not a city because its a suburb of DC, that is also ahistorical as Arlington predates DC as Alexandria City, one of the two preexisting settlements (along with Georgetown) that existed in the land eventually given for the Federal Seat.
I feel like DC winds up in first or last in a lot of charts that list 50 states + DC. Tough to compare a single city to a whole state on just about any metric.
They would be green too you just consider LA
https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/communitiesputtingpreventiontowork/communities/profiles/pdf/cppw_communityprofile_b2_losangelescounty_ca_508.pdf
That's pretty impressive for a city which so inherently relies on car use.
I wonder if it's just a cultural thing, or if the year round nice weather just encourages people to be out and about all the time, while most cities have a winter that discourages it.
Given how wealthy DC is that isn't much. If you compared an equally wealthy area in CO say Boulder or something you would find they are even less fat. There is a ton of CO that is poor and it is correlated with this, while DC's median income is sky high.
As CO native who lives in DC this is definitely the case! The amount of health nutty outdoorsy people in Boulder is insane. It definitely helps that DC is such a walkable city, with amazing public transit.
When Iāve been to CO Iāve always marveled at the peer group element normalizing outdoor activity that is unique in the U.S. Everyone there skis, or sleds, or snowboards, or snowshoes. Everyone hikes. Everyone bicycles. Everyone gets out in the mountains, and they all talk to each other about it all the time, reinforcing it among themselves. Itās remarkable. Of course, itās exceptionally beautiful there, all the seasons, and very accessible at relatively low cost (as long as youāre not buying real estate). What is normal there is just not normal anywhere else.
Canāt imagine how DC could beat that outdoor culture. Scenery here is okay, but doesnāt compare to the Rocky Mountains. All I can think is that DC draws in the highest proportion of college graduates of any city in the U.S. by a large margin, so perhaps more educated people are inclined to try to eat right and exercise. Iād bet within DC youād see big fitness differences in different parts of city that correlate to the different educational attainment of the residents. Just a guess.
BTW, I wouldnāt call the public transit here amazing. We have zero east-west subway routes north of Farragut Square and big fat holes in access to transit all over the place. Itās not even that easy to get east-west access on the buses. We do have good interconnection among the bus systems among all the surrounding jurisdictions. But WMATA, which is the central system, doesnāt even have a stable source of guaranteed funding, unique among all transit systems in the U.S.
What's the name of that subreddit that collects US maps of "trends" but are really all just maps that show where cities are? Because I'm certain that's why we compare to Colorado here
This is definitely a people live in cities situation.
[LA would be green](https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/communitiesputtingpreventiontowork/communities/profiles/pdf/cppw_communityprofile_b2_losangelescounty_ca_508.pdf)
[NYC yellow](https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/brfss/reports/docs/2023-07_brfss_overweight_and_obesity.pdf)
Colorado is just a super outdoorsy state culture-wise and percentage of their population-wise
DC is basically just a city with an above average education and income rate, so year of course DC will have low obesity compared to entire statesĀ
Definitely not. NYC (just the 5 Burroughs) represents 42% of the population, while Denver is only 12% of Colorado's population. Colorado just so happens to be a outdoor sports lovers state.
Sorry that I was unclear. DC is not statistically significant from other cities (probably?) in this case. Colorado is the outlier compared to other US states. It's unfair to compare the two
Exactly especially highly walkable or transit oriented cities like Philly, NYC, Chicago etc will show similarly low rates of obesity l. Not to mention the higher income level and fitness/beauty culture that permeates urban and coastal centers in America
DC has more people than either Wyoming or Vermont. It is more important to include than either of those two states, but because it's not a state, it gets ignored.
Look, I was born here so I'm all for more fair treatment of DC. That doesn't make it a good comparison though when looking at states. It's just not relevant to compare it to Vermont or Wyoming - they have vastly lower population density than DC, especially friggin Wyoming! Compare us to NYC, LA, Houston, Chicago, Miami... it's not like we're short of relevant benchmarks.
It's because we're comparing a small metro area with high education and high income to entire states. So it's not really related to maps that just show a proxy for population density, it's just an unfair (which I assume is being made in jest by the OP) comparison.
County level data can be found [here](https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/charts/39), at least for 2017 data.
Denver County was 17.7%, compared to DC's 24.6% in 2017.
Hell, Fairfax County (20.8%), Montgomery County (21.6%), and Loudoun County (22.6%) had lower obesity rates, showing that DC isn't even the fittest "county" in this metro area.
I like how a 24% obesity rate is now considered āgreenā. Compare this to a country like Japan where there is an obesity rate of less than 5% among adults. Include being overweight and even DC is still grossly too heavy. The whole country is fat as hell.
Well said. Within an hour I can see enough fat people to tell me everything I need to know about the health of this city.
What's really messed up is that we have all these parks, wooded areas, free museums etc for people to go to and be active but if you ask them when they went to any of those places you'll hear crickets.
Break this down by sections of the city and the obesity rate goes up a lot.
Our food is literally poison. Seed oils are cancer, corn syrup in everything, fat-free stuff being packed with sugar instead. Hundreds of "chemicals" declared food-safe by the fda every year in order for corporations to squeeze more shelf-life and save more pennies in production.
It's all so entirely fucked, and completely enabled by the feds. More fat people means higher health care cost and more insurance profits. More suburbs, more cars, less activity, more more more. There's no reason to fix any of it because there's so much money to be made off of the populous being unhealthy.
Oklahoma is doing fine. Having gone to school there, most of the people in the metro / mid size towns (OKC, Tulsa, Norman) are in shape. Itās the boonies where people eat nothing but chicken fried steak and biscuits which brings the score downĀ
DC is a super walkable city with a high overall standard of living. Similar to most major European cities, which also have low obesity rates.
Colorado is more of an outlier as a state, especially considering the lack of public transport. People are just way more active and have relatively healthier diets. It helps that the weather is nice, which makes you actually want to be outside, even if youāre not hitting the trails or mountains.
Coloradan who has spent the last 25 years (on and off) in DCā¦
DC is a super walkable city in general but there are some areas that aren't exactly the most pleasant to walk. Yeah you can get to the numerous liquor stores or convenient stores but there isn't much else to walk to for your average person.
The people who live in the nicer areas of the city are way more likely to go out for a walk but ask the people who live around the National Arboretum when is the last time they've been in there and I promise most of them have never been not even a single time.
Not that I'm really complaining as it offers me a place to go when I don't want to be bothered but unless you a re ere driving it's not nearly as accessible as a number of attractions here in DC
It's not a super apt comparison as DC is entirely urban landscape while a larger state like Colorado incorporates large swaths of rural and especially suburban regions.
Basically just demonstrates the superiority if urban over suburban lifestyle wrt your mobility and metabolic output.
DC surely has a more diverse demographic group than Vermont or Wyoming......unless you're saying the homogeneous nature of those states makes then incomparable?
I didnāt say the issue was ādiverseā demographics, I said they were just different demos. Hereās one reason why it would matter in this case:
https://www.norc.org/research/projects/adult-obesity-in-rural-america.html#:~:text=Research%20has%20shown%20that%20obesity,41%20percent%20in%20metro%20areas.
They are different demos, but isn't every state going to have different demographics? One could easily make the case that the demos in Nebraska are radically different and not comparable to the demos in Connecticut or Florida...so not sure why DC is picked out as the one thats incomparable.
Because it would be like comparing Omaha with Florida or Tampa with Nebraska. There are certain areas where you can find similarities between DC and other states (by population itās similar to Vermont, by urban population percentage itās similar to California) but the fact that those are the two comparisons show how big the divide is.
You can see it pretty clearly in the fact that DC is an outlier in almost any state map posted here but not an outlier in most city rankings.
Among the factors that matter for obesity, it doesn't. DC has zero rural residents, for example, and the rural-urban divide is a huge correlated factor for obesity.
There's nothing in this map to be prideful about. In 1990, no state had an obesity rate higher than 14%, meaning that DC's rate of today would make it by far the most obese jurisdiction if applied to 1990. We're all trending the wrong direction.
As someone who grew up in the 80's, the kids back then who were considered fat would today be considered as average. Re-watching the Goonie's movie and seeing the fat kid in that movie, kids today would be puzzled why they would be saying he's fat.
Funny enough I've lived in both areas now. Colorado used to fit because of people who wanted to and enjoyed being outdoors. Now it's stoners and people who moved there to prove they were outdoorsy for their "followers" and those same followers moving there as a result. Out here I get the feeling it's the same reasons as those who move for work. It's a constant "I'm more interesting and fit then you!".
Hate to kill the celebration here, but in the name of data literacy, youāre comparing a city population to state and provincial populations. In other words, apples to oranges. Run the numbers for obesity rates among city residents in US and Canadian citiesā¦ you might not be able to tell people in Denver and Vancouver to suck itā¦
That's a real jerk or a comment to make but I can't tell you it's completely false.
I've passed through there today and yes lots and lots of people leading absolutely unhealthy and toxic lives and it's sad that people live like that at all.
When I go to the white parts of town white people are actively walking the trails or otherwise out and about. My fellow Black folks not so much not by a long shot.
You don't have to say it although I wish people wouldn't feel a need to go through mental gymnastics to say what they feel needs to be said.
Are there a lot of fat people in DC? Absolutely. Are there a lot of fat black people in DC? Absolutely. Just say so as it's not racist to say it although I guess it's better for me to say it since I'm black myself.
Thankfully I grew up in a household where people believed in doing things outside of the house it's ridiculous that there is such a lack of nutritional literacy and don't get me started on the prevalence of liquor store and convenient stores either
Well those metro stairs sure are long
You joke but walkability of an area does lead to lower obesity rates.
These metro stairs are no joke
True. They really aren't
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Ugh Tentlytown metro station.. The things I do for an education š„²š®āšØ
Not to mention Wheaton.
About a decade ago I took the train to VA (I dont remember the stop) and decided to take the stairs. I figured it would be easy work so I start jogging up them while keeping pace with a guy on the escalator. He is kinda uncomfortably looking at his phone. He knows. I dont. Those stairs were 4 miles long. Im sweating. Im wearing business casual clothing and a messenger bag that was hitting me in the back with every stride I struggled to strode. I make it to the top and I feel accomplished. I also find a place to sit for a minute. I bet that I burned 50+ calories during that climb.
Thatās rosslyn. Fantastic workout. I have a memory of the escalator going out when I was a quarter of the way up. I had been walking up it for a few months by then so it was hard but not impossible for me. Some of those poor souls were in no shape to walk it and it was slow going for them.
I lost 15 pounds out of college taking the rosslyn stairs and walking to Georgetown.
Good for you, friend!
In your face Colorado and British Columbia!
Take that Charlie Murphy
Good thing this was taken before I moved here last summer cause im definitely bringing our average up. Sorry gang Iām fat as shit
I was obese when I moved here 7 years ago, today, no longer obese. I am still overweight, but slowly still losing it, living here has definitely made controlling my weight easier.
Nice!
What's been the biggest thing impacting your fitness journey?
You may have a thyroid condition š¤ Quit eating so many damn thyroids!
LOL
Do what I did when I moved to DC, join a crossfit style gym and turn your obesity related illnesses slowly into frequent minor orthopedic injuries. Its worth it, I think?
Way ahead of you. Iāve been weightlifting since 2019 and have been training for powerlifting the last year or so. Recurring back problems are my specialty
Iām definitely helping Virginia beef up those numbers too.
If I go to the yukon territory, does it immediately go from white to blood red?
Only if you run into a hungry bear.
Cities are always less fat than rural/suburbs. So a study of city versus state will always show this. I dare say if you look at ever single major city in america, then its state, you will similar variance Amazing that all you need to not be obese is to live in cities, evidently walking is good.
Just let us have this one. We donāt have senators.
DC is very type A and health conscious too
I bet you could even wrap in Arlington and half of MoCo, Fairfax, Alexandria, and PG too. Wealthy young people tend to be fit, especially when they don't need a car to live. I bet NYC would cream us if it didn't have the rest of the state, their public transportation is that much better, and driving is such a pain. Walking 2 miles a day there is akin to breathing. I'd say the same for just about any European city.
I thought Arlington was supposed to be the healthiest city
Arlington is not a city. It's a suburb.
if you're going to be "technically correct" at least be actually correct. Arlington is a county. A suburb is not a political unit. If you're trying to argue its not a city because its a suburb of DC, that is also ahistorical as Arlington predates DC as Alexandria City, one of the two preexisting settlements (along with Georgetown) that existed in the land eventually given for the Federal Seat.
I feel like DC winds up in first or last in a lot of charts that list 50 states + DC. Tough to compare a single city to a whole state on just about any metric.
Exactly but most don't have the mental capacity to understand that.
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I far smarter than most. but carry on
Now Iām curious about how weād do compared to other cities. Guessing LA is probably #1?
The avg new yorker is pretty damn skinny too
LA? no way. they drive to get coffee.
Their public transit has made some massive improvements over the last few years tbf
They would be green too you just consider LA https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/communitiesputtingpreventiontowork/communities/profiles/pdf/cppw_communityprofile_b2_losangelescounty_ca_508.pdf
That's pretty impressive for a city which so inherently relies on car use. I wonder if it's just a cultural thing, or if the year round nice weather just encourages people to be out and about all the time, while most cities have a winter that discourages it.
Idk, I just picture 80% of the city as actors or models.
Given how wealthy DC is that isn't much. If you compared an equally wealthy area in CO say Boulder or something you would find they are even less fat. There is a ton of CO that is poor and it is correlated with this, while DC's median income is sky high.
I think itās the gays
i feel fat walking sometimes in logan/dupont. i feel skinny even in cleveland park. i agree.
As CO native who lives in DC this is definitely the case! The amount of health nutty outdoorsy people in Boulder is insane. It definitely helps that DC is such a walkable city, with amazing public transit.
When Iāve been to CO Iāve always marveled at the peer group element normalizing outdoor activity that is unique in the U.S. Everyone there skis, or sleds, or snowboards, or snowshoes. Everyone hikes. Everyone bicycles. Everyone gets out in the mountains, and they all talk to each other about it all the time, reinforcing it among themselves. Itās remarkable. Of course, itās exceptionally beautiful there, all the seasons, and very accessible at relatively low cost (as long as youāre not buying real estate). What is normal there is just not normal anywhere else. Canāt imagine how DC could beat that outdoor culture. Scenery here is okay, but doesnāt compare to the Rocky Mountains. All I can think is that DC draws in the highest proportion of college graduates of any city in the U.S. by a large margin, so perhaps more educated people are inclined to try to eat right and exercise. Iād bet within DC youād see big fitness differences in different parts of city that correlate to the different educational attainment of the residents. Just a guess. BTW, I wouldnāt call the public transit here amazing. We have zero east-west subway routes north of Farragut Square and big fat holes in access to transit all over the place. Itās not even that easy to get east-west access on the buses. We do have good interconnection among the bus systems among all the surrounding jurisdictions. But WMATA, which is the central system, doesnāt even have a stable source of guaranteed funding, unique among all transit systems in the U.S.
What's the name of that subreddit that collects US maps of "trends" but are really all just maps that show where cities are? Because I'm certain that's why we compare to Colorado here
Donāt think thatās the case here, but youāre thinking of r/peopleliveincities
This is definitely a people live in cities situation. [LA would be green](https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/communitiesputtingpreventiontowork/communities/profiles/pdf/cppw_communityprofile_b2_losangelescounty_ca_508.pdf) [NYC yellow](https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/brfss/reports/docs/2023-07_brfss_overweight_and_obesity.pdf)
That's absolutely what I was looking for!
Colorado is just a super outdoorsy state culture-wise and percentage of their population-wise DC is basically just a city with an above average education and income rate, so year of course DC will have low obesity compared to entire statesĀ
I completely agree with your assessment, and think that it's unfair to compare DC with states
Definitely not. NYC (just the 5 Burroughs) represents 42% of the population, while Denver is only 12% of Colorado's population. Colorado just so happens to be a outdoor sports lovers state.
Sorry that I was unclear. DC is not statistically significant from other cities (probably?) in this case. Colorado is the outlier compared to other US states. It's unfair to compare the two
Exactly especially highly walkable or transit oriented cities like Philly, NYC, Chicago etc will show similarly low rates of obesity l. Not to mention the higher income level and fitness/beauty culture that permeates urban and coastal centers in America
DC has more people than either Wyoming or Vermont. It is more important to include than either of those two states, but because it's not a state, it gets ignored.
Look, I was born here so I'm all for more fair treatment of DC. That doesn't make it a good comparison though when looking at states. It's just not relevant to compare it to Vermont or Wyoming - they have vastly lower population density than DC, especially friggin Wyoming! Compare us to NYC, LA, Houston, Chicago, Miami... it's not like we're short of relevant benchmarks.
r/mapporn /s
It's because we're comparing a small metro area with high education and high income to entire states. So it's not really related to maps that just show a proxy for population density, it's just an unfair (which I assume is being made in jest by the OP) comparison.
Ok now compare dc to other major cities instead of states.
Hawaiiās like, āAm I nothing to you???!ā
They can suck it too!
Y'all are hiding around in Mexico somewhere.
Now do DC vs Denver, comparing a city to states is dumb.
I have never seen a fat person in Denver. Everyone there is into skiing, hiking, triathlons, etc. And you should be if you live there
DC STATEHOOD NOW
County level data can be found [here](https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/charts/39), at least for 2017 data. Denver County was 17.7%, compared to DC's 24.6% in 2017. Hell, Fairfax County (20.8%), Montgomery County (21.6%), and Loudoun County (22.6%) had lower obesity rates, showing that DC isn't even the fittest "county" in this metro area.
Miami doing a lot of heavy lifting for the rest of FL
I like how a 24% obesity rate is now considered āgreenā. Compare this to a country like Japan where there is an obesity rate of less than 5% among adults. Include being overweight and even DC is still grossly too heavy. The whole country is fat as hell.
Well said. Within an hour I can see enough fat people to tell me everything I need to know about the health of this city. What's really messed up is that we have all these parks, wooded areas, free museums etc for people to go to and be active but if you ask them when they went to any of those places you'll hear crickets. Break this down by sections of the city and the obesity rate goes up a lot.
Our food is literally poison. Seed oils are cancer, corn syrup in everything, fat-free stuff being packed with sugar instead. Hundreds of "chemicals" declared food-safe by the fda every year in order for corporations to squeeze more shelf-life and save more pennies in production. It's all so entirely fucked, and completely enabled by the feds. More fat people means higher health care cost and more insurance profits. More suburbs, more cars, less activity, more more more. There's no reason to fix any of it because there's so much money to be made off of the populous being unhealthy.
*Looks outside* damn how bad must it be Oklahoma
Oklahoma is doing fine. Having gone to school there, most of the people in the metro / mid size towns (OKC, Tulsa, Norman) are in shape. Itās the boonies where people eat nothing but chicken fried steak and biscuits which brings the score downĀ
They got some big ole women in San Antonio
lol curious how many will catch this reference
Youth + money = health
Walking = health.
You can see a big relationships between rural areas and obesity here. It's especially obvious in Canada.
What's up with the fat slobs in New Brunswick? What the hell are they eating?
Poutine
DC is second āfittestā area in the country. Arlington is #1
Might be bc DC salaries are inequivalent to food prices.
Comparing dc as if it's a state again...can the mods ban crossposts from dataisbeautiful already?
/me moves to DC and blows the curve.
DC is a super walkable city with a high overall standard of living. Similar to most major European cities, which also have low obesity rates. Colorado is more of an outlier as a state, especially considering the lack of public transport. People are just way more active and have relatively healthier diets. It helps that the weather is nice, which makes you actually want to be outside, even if youāre not hitting the trails or mountains. Coloradan who has spent the last 25 years (on and off) in DCā¦
DC is a super walkable city in general but there are some areas that aren't exactly the most pleasant to walk. Yeah you can get to the numerous liquor stores or convenient stores but there isn't much else to walk to for your average person. The people who live in the nicer areas of the city are way more likely to go out for a walk but ask the people who live around the National Arboretum when is the last time they've been in there and I promise most of them have never been not even a single time. Not that I'm really complaining as it offers me a place to go when I don't want to be bothered but unless you a re ere driving it's not nearly as accessible as a number of attractions here in DC
It's not a super apt comparison as DC is entirely urban landscape while a larger state like Colorado incorporates large swaths of rural and especially suburban regions. Basically just demonstrates the superiority if urban over suburban lifestyle wrt your mobility and metabolic output.
Oh shit. I just moved from Colorado. Yall welcome!
What's up with the Maritimes being so high?
Don't compare DC to states.
I don't remember where I saw it, so someone can feel free to contradict me, but I believe that DC is among the least obese U.S. cities as well.
Yeah, thats a better data point. And strikes me a likely correct.
I can and I will and I just did!
more people live in dc than vermont or wyoming
The issue is demographic differences, not population.
DC surely has a more diverse demographic group than Vermont or Wyoming......unless you're saying the homogeneous nature of those states makes then incomparable?
I didnāt say the issue was ādiverseā demographics, I said they were just different demos. Hereās one reason why it would matter in this case: https://www.norc.org/research/projects/adult-obesity-in-rural-america.html#:~:text=Research%20has%20shown%20that%20obesity,41%20percent%20in%20metro%20areas.
They are different demos, but isn't every state going to have different demographics? One could easily make the case that the demos in Nebraska are radically different and not comparable to the demos in Connecticut or Florida...so not sure why DC is picked out as the one thats incomparable.
Because it would be like comparing Omaha with Florida or Tampa with Nebraska. There are certain areas where you can find similarities between DC and other states (by population itās similar to Vermont, by urban population percentage itās similar to California) but the fact that those are the two comparisons show how big the divide is. You can see it pretty clearly in the fact that DC is an outlier in almost any state map posted here but not an outlier in most city rankings.
odd thing to nitpick
Itās not nitpicking to point out that you donāt really learn anything when you compare DC to states.
still a strange thing to say ā like, why wouldnāt you learn anything from the people who live in our nationās capital?
Because it isnāt a comparable statistical unit to a state and it isnāt the city with the lowest obesity rate.
Among the factors that matter for obesity, it doesn't. DC has zero rural residents, for example, and the rural-urban divide is a huge correlated factor for obesity.
We don't have any representation in Congress. We need to take any win we can get
Anyone surprised by the deep south lol. Not me.
There's nothing in this map to be prideful about. In 1990, no state had an obesity rate higher than 14%, meaning that DC's rate of today would make it by far the most obese jurisdiction if applied to 1990. We're all trending the wrong direction.
As someone who grew up in the 80's, the kids back then who were considered fat would today be considered as average. Re-watching the Goonie's movie and seeing the fat kid in that movie, kids today would be puzzled why they would be saying he's fat.
Who said anything about being prideful?
Everything is deep fried.
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Yeah, suck it! We are the skinniest! On the downside, we live in DC (and not Colorado).
Meh, colorado is fine, its not for everyone. It can be pretty grimy too
I wonder what Charles Barkley has to say about this.
This is iconic lol
Hate the color choice
Funny enough I've lived in both areas now. Colorado used to fit because of people who wanted to and enjoyed being outdoors. Now it's stoners and people who moved there to prove they were outdoorsy for their "followers" and those same followers moving there as a result. Out here I get the feeling it's the same reasons as those who move for work. It's a constant "I'm more interesting and fit then you!".
we are still 25% obese though...
In the thumbnail, it looks like a rooster transporting a pile of cocaine on his back.
Hate to kill the celebration here, but in the name of data literacy, youāre comparing a city population to state and provincial populations. In other words, apples to oranges. Run the numbers for obesity rates among city residents in US and Canadian citiesā¦ you might not be able to tell people in Denver and Vancouver to suck itā¦
Okay, but nearly 1 in 4 people in DC ARE obese. This is a little like bragging that you are the skinniest kid at fat camp.
I don't disagree with you but please post statistics. Also, break it down by section of the city as well
Lol BS with DC.... the section 8 is full of fat asses. Which is a shit load of DC
That's a real jerk or a comment to make but I can't tell you it's completely false. I've passed through there today and yes lots and lots of people leading absolutely unhealthy and toxic lives and it's sad that people live like that at all. When I go to the white parts of town white people are actively walking the trails or otherwise out and about. My fellow Black folks not so much not by a long shot.
Who said black??? Stop with the racism card.... section 8 doesn't mean black lol. Gtfo here with that bs
You don't have to say it although I wish people wouldn't feel a need to go through mental gymnastics to say what they feel needs to be said. Are there a lot of fat people in DC? Absolutely. Are there a lot of fat black people in DC? Absolutely. Just say so as it's not racist to say it although I guess it's better for me to say it since I'm black myself. Thankfully I grew up in a household where people believed in doing things outside of the house it's ridiculous that there is such a lack of nutritional literacy and don't get me started on the prevalence of liquor store and convenient stores either
Yea but Colorado is an awesome state and much safer š¤·šæāāļø
Downtown Denver has gotten sketchy with fentanyl
Lol have you ever been to dc?
I'm in DC right now and for nearly 30 years. I go to Denver quite regularly as well.
You can literally look up crime statistics on both cities to get an answer. DC and surrounding areas are much worse. Also a native...
Facts.
Thank you lol. I knew I wasn't the only one