Green spaces, walking paths, little traffic: 7 features of a healthy neighborhood

by UB Center for Urban Studies · 10/14/2024

Each year, a slew of annual surveys are released declaring that select neighborhoods are the healthiest and fittest in the country. The criteria for these varies by publication and brand, but plenty of people love scanning the reports to see where their neighborhood falls on the list.

While these lists are a novelty to some, where we live does impact our health — whether it’s the sound of passing trains that keeps you up at night, or the tree-lined sidewalks and local jogging trails that make it easy to exercise (or simply go for a pleasant stroll around the block). There are researchers who study the factors that make a neighborhood (and by default, its residents) healthy, and everything from access to green spaces to the amount of traffic in your area matters.

Korin Miller October 7, 2024

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