At my college I am studying Health Administration and having lived in California's Bay Area all my life I have a very narrow perspective on what I see is a healthy community. I've grown up and always viewed Facepunch as my community, and I'd like to know what you all see as a healthy community. For me, it's all about places with lots of green space and walkability. Green spaces include recreational areas such as parks or just greenery in an urban setting.
If you can't find a starting point, feel free to answer any of these three questions. If possible, let me know what state or country you're from. I'd love to hear about a perspective on what other countries view in a healthy community.
How do you know a community is healthy?
What would be present in a community that supports health?
What would you see in a healthy community?
Just move to colorado.
If you mean health community as in doctors, I recently went to a WellMan to see if my tiredness was normal. The man there asked if I had "man flu" and told me that it could make me sleepy for months.
A few months later I looked up the ailment and it turned out it was a slang term for a cold a man happens to catch. Nothing was mentioned on month long sleepiness.
[QUOTE=kharkovus;52908064]Just move to colorado.[/QUOTE]
Do you think you could elaborate on what makes people from Colorado so healthy? Does Colorado have large open green spaces even in urban areas? I know evironmental hazards play a big role in health now.
[QUOTE=Tetsmega;52908876]Do you think you could elaborate on what makes people from Colorado so healthy? Does Colorado have large open green spaces even in urban areas? I know evironmental hazards play a big role in health now.[/QUOTE]
As a Coloradoan I feel well qualified to answer (though the below is all conjecture based on things I enjoy about the state).
We do have a lot of green space in Denver; I believe Denver has one of the most expansive park systems in the nation, with something in the realm of 210 parks in city limits.
However the mountains are a big draw of the state, which are a frequent destination due to great hiking trails, ski resorts, and campsites. I think this is the biggest factor for many; our mountains are beautiful and are easily accessible from the city.
Our weather is overall pretty good - we really don't get much continuous sun, but we don't get much rain/snow or other "stay at home" weather either, so we have a lot of opportunity to go outside.
Somehow with legal weed and craft breweries on every corner we aren't each 350 pounds, which is definitely worth investigating, but I couldn't tell you the reasons why. :v:
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our mountains are beautiful and are easily accessible from the city.
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I'm curious do you mean easily accessible as in there are many methods of transport to those areas? Could you take a city bus or some form of public transit to then walk around there?
[QUOTE=Tetsmega;52910918]I'm curious do you mean easily accessible as in there are many methods of transport to those areas? Could you take a city bus or some form of public transit to then walk around there?[/QUOTE]
They are close in proximity so most people drive, but we do have bus service during ski season:
[url]http://www.rtd-denver.com/skiNRide.shtml[/url]
By no means would I say we have a good or expansive public transit system, though. It merely does the job.
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