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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Santa Fe on AARP's List of Top Cities

By Journal Staff Report

       It doesn't seem Santa Fe, Fargo, N.D., and Ann Arbor, Mich., would have a lot in common.
    But they do to AARP-The Magazine: It includes them among the five healthiest cities to live and retire in.
    "The cities we chose are ahead of the healthy living curve with access to health care facilities, numerous options for exercise, activities, volunteerism and a culture that supports vitality," acting editor Nancy Graham said in a news release.
    Santa Fe's access to health care included medical specialists available in "nearby Albuquerque," according to the article, along with the plethora of alternative medicine practitioners and educators in town.
    Air quality ranked second in the nation, and the magazine finds Santa Fe's rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol to be among the lowest in the nation, and it ranks Santa Fe second only to Boulder, Colo., as having the thinnest people.
    No mention of frybread on the Plaza during Indian Market.