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Who's FAT Now?

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Real Estate Agent with REMAX

How Fat are We Now?It's an fact that more and more of my clients are wanting information about our area when they relocate here.  They want Maps of Education, Housing Costs, Median Income, (you know) the usual demographics.  So it's my job as their professional to serve their needs.  I always get an interesting request here and there.

I have many clients coming here from Florida and California.  Once they move into Greenville, they love it!  It actually grows on them! 

This is an execellent segway into my next subject based on a demographic map (that I found from CDC) of each state in the US and the percent obesety that each state is.  I know its a little old, 2002, but I thought it was so intersting that I would share it for discussion.

Humm... Florida is not so fat but look out in Alabama and Mississippi!!!   Any ideas and thought about this?  I thought it was interesting and perhaps could generate some interesting discussion.  I leave it open to the floor for some heavy weighted discussion. 

 

Brian Brady
Matthews Capital Markets - Tampa, FL
858-699-4590

It's a weather thing.

Wait a minute, I moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona in 1992, then to San Diego in 2003 and I keep putting on weight.

Maybe I need to be jogging instead of blogging 

Aug 30, 2006 05:22 AM
Kristal Kraft
Novella Real Estate - Denver, CO
Selling Metro Denver Real Estate - 303-589-2022

Colorado is the #1 skinny state.  Today's paper said so.

To bad I'm not holding up my end of the average....Brian's right it's jogging not blogging for me.

Aug 30, 2006 05:33 AM
Carlos "Chaz" Mena
RE/MAX Premier Associates - Weston, FL

After reading your post I put down the Twinkie and now I am heading to the gym

Thanks :-)

Aug 30, 2006 05:35 AM
Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

Columbus Ohio always makes it onto lists of fat cities so the rest of the state of Ohio must be more slender to keep us in the 20-24% range as a state.

I knew about western states having statistically lower obesity rates than midwestern and eastern states. Colorado is the lowest... I think some stats just came out and Colorado is up but still the best.    

Aug 30, 2006 05:38 AM
Karen Hurst
RICOASTALLIVING.COM - Warwick, RI
Rhode Island Waterfront!
Hmmm, Rhode Islands right up there, too. And I read this after eating a calzone (with my vegetable salad). Karen
Aug 30, 2006 05:38 AM
CHERYL TEAGUE
REMAX - Greenville, SC
Hey you guys, does Colorado mean Thin air = Thin People? 
Aug 30, 2006 05:59 AM
Bonnie Cox
RE/MAX Masters - Denver, CO

Just got back from my jog through my "farm".  Whew!  No new unathorized for sale signs.  The advantage to the "jog through my farm" is the ocassional "pop by".  Those are always good for the soul and good for business.  Between Kristal, Ken and me, we'll have all of you wanting to move to our Skinny State.  I do have to admit though, there are a few folks at the local Wal Mart, even here in CO, that have not gotten the skinny message.

Bonnie Cox - Somewhat Skinny in Denver and Metro Denver

Aug 30, 2006 06:01 AM
CHERYL TEAGUE
REMAX - Greenville, SC
Oh, and Last year, I was in Hawaii (Waikki Beach) and I saw some BIG people Everywhere!  In this map it show Hawaii as not so bad.  It may be that the "scales are tipped" to one side. 
Aug 30, 2006 06:02 AM
CHERYL TEAGUE
REMAX - Greenville, SC
One more thing... When we post to or comment to a Blog, Matt has us (at least) eating FRUIT!  This one is a Tangerine!
Aug 30, 2006 06:03 AM
Eddy Martinez
Nationwide Funding Group - Highland Park, CA

Hey some of us are just big boned :)

 

Eddy

Aug 30, 2006 06:13 AM
Scott Gormley
Oak Valley Mortgage-California Home Loans and Refinancing - Chico, CA
The next survey will be for children...Parents that don't want specifically obese children!
Aug 30, 2006 07:41 AM
Toby Barnett
KW North Sound - Marysville, WA
Toby Barnett
It gets cold in WA...gotta have some meat on the bones :)
Sep 14, 2006 04:04 PM