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According to The New York City Department of Health, New Yorkers have a longer shelf life than those in the rest of the country. NY Mag has some astounding stats including: a New Yorker born in 2004 can now expect to live 78.6 years, which may not sound that long but it's in fact nine months longer than the average American. Note that the average gets brought down anytime a young person dies, which seems to happen all too often around here. Still, since 1990 New Yorkers have added 6.2 years to their lives while the average American has only added 2.5!
What's contributing to this healthy glow? The smoking ban did wonders when it went into effect in 2003, before much of the rest of the country (the new one will help out, too). The trans-fat ban isn't hurting either! Not to mention we were named the Best Walking City in 2006 and we walk faster than anyone else - did you know walking speed reflects your health status?
So how do you make the most of this urban health advantage? Some things that may shave off years are:
Stress! This is mostly MTA-related these days, with subways going down in rainstorms, but there's also worrying about rent money and, you know, terrorism and random acts of violence.
Electricity! Please avoid touching or stepping on anything that has a Con Ed logo on it.
Probably wouldn't hurt to curb the coffee intake either. When walking fast is caffeine-fueled it probably has a negative effect on your health status. So how do you keep healthy in the city?
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New Yorkers may be living longer than our counterparts in other places in the US, but the US still ranks 41st among industrialized nations in terms of longevity. The AP reported on this important issue late last week.
I've read that lots of promiscuous sex may shave off some years - in the form of certain types of cancers. Now, this doesn't apply to excessive masturbation, does it...?
I have not doubt that we live longer just to spite the rest of the country.
How meaningful can this data be since so many people come and go from New York?
They just want to hold onto their rent controlled apts as log as possible
i have to admit jen carlson's articles have been getting better and better. the scientology interview was a great one. i used to be such a jerk and get on her case for sucking but she's pretty awesome now. she writes much better and her stories are much more interesting these days. on the other hand, the other regular gothamist writers don't seem to be improving much except for that dude who does the weather. he's awesome too.
like #2 said, chronic masturbation is my secret to longevity.
In all seriousness, still, #1 is right. It is pathetic we're 41st among the industrialized nations. NYC should secede from the Union - Maybe then we'll fair better than 41st. They can keep SI though.
Welll we should not secede from the Union per say..but from New York state!
it will be the 51st state, GOTHAM state!
Oh, and Jersey can take Staten island if they want to.
We'll take Westchester and the rest of long island with us.
We'll take Westchester and the rest of long island with us.
I doubt they would want to go with you.
But NYC wouldn't last five minutes. Unlike other successful city-states New York is not remotely self sufficient. What New York State loses in tax revenue from the city it will make up for by billing the city. Want your food delivered? Pay for our roads. Want your imports? Pay for our port security. Want your trash landfilled somewhere other than Staten Island? Cough up. And you can build your own prisons. And the reservoirs are on our side of the border. Maybe it's time to divert the water back into the Delaware River so I can go rafting.
And does it really matter to you if Americans live to be 76 and the French live to be 79? The only person whose longevity I give a damn about is my own. If you die three years earlier that three years less of Social Security to be paid.
i would shoot myself if i lived in new york. so that would bring my longetivity down a bit.
And to think you guys are whining about cars and air pollution.
Ha!
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when NYC becomes its own country we won't need prisons Emperor Kelly will just execute everyone.