Cooking Light's 20 Best Cities in the US

by Nicole Weston, Posted Jan 4th 2007 @ 2:40PM

The newest issue of Cooking Light, which is their 20th anniversary issue, has the magazine's choices for the top 20 cities in the US, based on 15 criteria that they feel embody their "Eat Smart, Be Fit, and Live Well" philosophy. They looked at fitness, health and exercise data from the Centers for Disease Control, the number of parks and recreation areas (and how often they're used) from the Trust for Public Land, restaurant ratings from the Zagat Survey and James Beard Foundation, and the USDA's farmers markets listings. Everything was evened out on a per capita basis and the cities with the most of everything made the top cut.

One of the top ten cities will be featured each month in the magazine this year, so readers will have access to information about all the things that got the city their ranking.

1. Seattle, WA
2. Portland, Ore.
3. Washington, D.C.
4. Minneapolis, MN
5. San Francisco, CA
6. Boston, MA
7. Denver, CO
8. Milwaukee, WI
9. Philadelphia, PA
10. Tucson, AZ

11. Baltimore, MD
12. Colorado Springs, CO
13. Pittsburgh, PA
14. St. Louis, MO
15. New York, NY
16. Atlanta, GA
17. Austin, TX
18. Chicago, IL
19. Las Vegas, NV
20. Kansas City, MO

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1-06-2007 @10:45PM gm said... It surprises that DC and Philly made the it so high up on the list but the fact that it's 50 degrees and January right now and that I'm in Chicago...I don't think anything could.
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1-06-2007 @10:44PM Dr Duke Kloss said... No Southern cities on the list..hmmm could explain why I grow fatter by the year in the South.
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1-05-2007 @1:19PM peggy said... i think the reason that the south is not represented is cooking light dosn't agree that the 4 basic(southern) food groups are: fried, brown, sweet and mashed. i lived in nashville for 5 years (loved it) and now live in portland, or, #2, and see the huge difference.
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1-08-2007 @8:43AM Gina said... Its no surprise my city (los angeles) did not make it, we live in the center of fast food america. no wonder everyone grows by meal.
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1-08-2007 @8:52AM diet said... Atlanta, GA... a southern state..
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1-08-2007 @10:37AM charliebrown said... I'm also surprised that D.C. is on that list. I must be going to the wrong places, because I don't see too many light n healthy places.
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