Not only is Hawaii the t-shirt capital of the world, with more t-shirts per capita than any other place I know of, it’s possible we have more slippers per person, too. Hawaii is also the top place in the country for walking, right?
After all, we have our own marathon, the world’s best walking weather, great scenery, and sponsored walks which also contribute to our abundance of t-shirts.
Guess what? Cambridge, Massachusetts is ranked as the best walking city in the country. Massachusetts? Have you been to Massachusetts in January or February? Walking is outlawed. It’s indoors or else.
Prevention Magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association have been ranking the top walking cities in the country for a few years. This year the “Best Walking City in America” goes to Cambridge. Honolulu came in at #7. Shocking, no? But that’s an improvement. We didn’t even crack the Top 10 in 2006, or 2005.
Seattle, WA came in at #3 just two years ago, but got dropped to #22 this year. Was there a sidewalk reclamation project the past two years in Starbucksland? Los Angeles was #43 this year which doesn’t make any sense at all. Isn’t it illegal to walk in LA?
Get this. Minneapolis was #71 while Miami was #79. I’ve been to both places and neither one should be ranked in the Top 100. Minneapolis has four seasons for walkers. Snow. More snow. Still snowing. And road construction. Miami has one season. Hot.
Prevention Magazine’s criteria for selection includes such walk-friendly attributes as crime rate, weather, recreational sports, pets and cultural attractions. Kelly Hu living in the neighborhood would do it for me.
Funny thing, though. There was no mention of t-shirts or pedestrian fatalities in the criteria list. Honolulu is tops on both counts.
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