America's Top 10 Youngest Cities

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America's Top 10 Youngest Cities
America's Top 10 Youngest Cities

Can where you live make you younger? You bet! The cities that top RealAge's new Youngest Cities in America list have such healthy lifestyles that if you lived there, your body would think you're months or years (!) younger than your actual age. Did your city make the top 10 list?

America's top 10 youngest cities are:

  1. Salt Lake City, UT

  2. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA

  3. Austin, TX

  4. Denver, CO

  5. Boston, MA

  6. Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD

  7. San Diego, CA

  8. Raleigh-Durham/Chapel Hill, NC

  9. Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

  10. Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton, WA

Here's how they did it, and how you can too. Most residents in these metro areas who took the RealAge Test . . .

  • Get their ZZZs. Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night can make your RealAge as much as 3 years younger.

  • Don't light up. Old-before-their-time cities have a high percentage of smokers (not you, right?).

  • Don't sit on it. A daily 30-minute walk can make your RealAge up to 3.5 years younger.

  • Keep their blood pressure low. Nothing ages you faster than high blood pressure.

America's top 10 old-before-your-time cities are:

  1. Knoxville, TN

  2. Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, NC

  3. Nashville, TN

  4. Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI

  5. Cincinnati, OH

  6. Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL

  7. Oklahoma City, OK

  8. Las Vegas, NV

  9. Jacksonville, FL

  10. Tulsa, OK

If you live in one of the 10 oldest cities, this is a heads-up to change your lifestyle. It's never too late for a fresh start.

Whatever your goals -- to lose belly fat, walk 30 minutes a day, stop smoking -- you'll find free, step-by-step plans that are doable -- and that work -- at RealAge.com.

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