This list is from December of 2013, but I just found it. Tucson ranks 51, pretty much mediocre. Makes me miss Seattle more than I often do.
In 2008, the men of Seattle suffered a historic loss: their NBA Supersonics traveled 2,000 miles to Oklahoma City and turned into the Thunder along the way. To this day, every time Kevin Durant puts up SportsCenter numbers, you can practically hear an entire city of guys smacking their foreheads.
Well, here's a stat that should finally ease the pain: This year, Seattle executed a slam dunk over 99 other cities to take the title of American's Best City for Men. And OKC? A not-exactly-thunderous 87th place. We considered 33 criteria, covering health, fitness, and quality of life. After hours of Excel acrobatics, we had our list of all-star cities—and those that need to raise their game.
The 10 Best
1. Seattle, WA
2. Madison, WI
3. San Jose, CA
4. Raleigh, NC
5. Minneapolis, MN
6. Plano, TX
7. Austin, TX
8. Burlington, VT
9. St. Paul, MN
10. San Francisco, CA
11. Boise City, ID
12. Anaheim, CA
13. Aurora, CO
14. San Diego, CA
15. Fargo, ND
16. Boston, MA
17. Portland, OR
18. Salt Lake City, UT
19. Charlotte, NC
20. Oakland, CA
21. Durham, NC
22. Portland, ME
23. Colorado Springs, CO
24. Washington, DC
25. Denver, CO
26. Anchorage, AK
27. Lincoln, NE
28. Atlanta, GA
29. Sioux Falls, SD
30. Virginia Beach, VA
31. Los Angeles, CA
32. Lexington, KY
33. Manchester, NH
34. Phoenix, AZ
35. Fort Worth, TX
36. Orlando, FL
37. Honolulu, HI
38. Sacramento, CA
39. Bridgeport, CT
40. Omaha, NE
41. Nashville, TN
42. Reno, NV
43. New York, NY
44. Chesapeake, VA
45. Jersey City, NJ
46. Greensboro, NC
47. Laredo, TX
48. Cheyenne, WY
49. Riverside, CA
50. Dallas, TX
51. Tucson, AZ
52. Billings, MT
53. Des Moines, IA
54. Tampa, FL
55. Houston, TX
56. Columbus, OH
57. Bakersfield, CA
58. Fort Wayne, IN
59. Albuquerque, NM
60. El Paso, TX
61. Winston-Salem, NC
62. San Antonio, TX
63. Corpus Christi, TX
64. Lubbock, TX
65. Wilmington, DE
66. St. Petersburg, FL
67. Buffalo, NY
68. Miami, FL
69. Providence, RI
70. Pittsburgh, PA
71. Chicago, IL
72. Newark, NJ
73. Baton Rouge, LA
74. Fresno, CA
75. Stockton, CA
76. Las Vegas, NV
77. New Orleans, LA
78. Columbia, SC
79. Jacksonville, FL
80. Cincinnati, OH
81. Little Rock, AR
82. Wichita, KS
83. Norfolk, VA
84. San Bernardino, CA
85. Milwaukee, WI
86. Kansas City, MO
87. Oklahoma City, OK
88. Indianapolis, IN
89. Baltimore, MD
The 10 Worst
90. Tulsa, OK
91. Louisville, KY
92. Jackson, MS
93. Memphis, TN
94. Birmingham, AL
95. Toledo, OH
96. Cleveland, OH
97. Charleston, WV
98. St. Louis, MO
99. Detroit, MI
100. Philadelphia, PA
METHODOLOGY:
Mortality rates for the top 5 causes of death for men, colon cancer screening rate, smoking rate, binge-drinking rate, fruit and vegetable consumption, number of poor mental health days, percentage of the population who live near a park (CDC); prostate cancer incidence (National Cancer Institute); male life expectancy, male obesity rate, percentage of men who report adequate or any physical activity (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation); participation in various sports (SimplyMap); urologists per 10,000 men (Urology Care Foundation); percentage of restaurants the serve fast food, percentage who have bachelor's degrees, mean travel time to work, ratio of single men to single women (U.S. Census Bureau); cost of living index (Council for Community and Economic Research); violent crime and property crime per 10,000 (FBI); two-year change in employment, unemployment rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics), five-year count of unhealthy air days (EPA), one-year percent change in house prices (Federal Housing Finance Agency)
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