America's 10 Oldest Cities
Our 10 oldest cities don't yield too many surprises. "They tend to be in the South or Southeast," says RealAge Chief Medical Officer Keith Roach, MD. Residents in these areas tend to make unhealthy lifestyle choices that lead to aging conditions, such as high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes. But there are some bright spots, too, and wherever you call home, you can live younger. "Just because you live in a city where many people are making bad health decisions, doesn't mean you have to," says Dr. Roach. Here are America's oldest cities -- aging too fast -- starting with number 10.
Cities, like people, can be young and vibrant, old and stodgy, or somewhere in between. The RealAge Test calculates how quickly test takers' bodies are aging compared to their chronological age. To find out which of America's 50 largest metropolitan areas are getting old faster than they should, we analyzed data from the more than 28 million people, and ranked cities by such factors as diet, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, health insurance, and income. Residents in these 10 cities are aging faster than they need to.
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