February 24, 201610 yr Almost according to Today.com: When it comes to the bottom of the list, Charleston, West Virginia comes in dead last. Why did it rank so low? "Take your pick," Witters said. "They don't take very good care of themselves… It's a low well-being place, as is West Virginia generally." The state scored last in the 2015 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index released last month. Smoking is "through the roof" in Charleston, with 32 percent of adults there revealing they smoke — the highest rate in the nation, he noted. Many of the city's residents are obese and seldom exercise. Many are depressed. They also worry about money: food and health care insecurity is "crazy high," with about a quarter of the city's residents reporting they couldn't afford food or a doctor's visit in the last 12 months, Witters said. The five communities at the bottom of the list are: 186. Chico, California 187. Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia-Kentucky-Ohio 188. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina 189. Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma 190. Charleston, West Virginia "These rankings — it's never about picking on somebody. It's never about trying to embarrass a community," Witters said. "What we are really hoping, and the reason we release these rankings, is that it serves as a call to action; that it lights a little fire under the toes of the communities that are low on the list." The results are based on phone interviews with more than 353,000 Americans in 2014 and 2015.
February 24, 201610 yr Ashland is just a small chunk of the overall metro area. I blame the low ranking on the Ohio side of the pond as well as Huntington, lol. Ashland's not THAT terrible, I've visited several places a lot more miserable than Ashland in my lifetime.
February 24, 201610 yr I love my hometown, but it's a far cry from what it was when I was growing up. There are just way too many deadbeat heroin addicts in this area. I see it every day. The area has lost a lot of great jobs and people over the past 30-40 years with Ashland Inc moving, and Armco/AK steel not being near the productive plant it was back in the 70's early 80's.
February 24, 201610 yr I love my hometown, but it's a far cry from what it was when I was growing up. There are just way too many deadbeat heroin addicts in this area. I see it every day. The area has lost a lot of great jobs and people over the past 30-40 years with Ashland Inc moving, and Armco/AK steel not being near the productive plant it was back in the 70's early 80's. Ashland was much more vibrant until this. Has lost just about a third of its population since 1960. [TABLE=class: toccolours] [TR] [TH=class: navbox-title, colspan: 4, align: center]Historical population[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH=align: center]Census[/TH] [TH=align: center]Pop.[/TH] [TH=align: center][/TH] [TH=align: center]%±[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1870[/TD] [TD]1,459[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]—[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1880[/TD] [TD]3,280[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]124.8%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1890[/TD] [TD]4,195[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]27.9%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1900[/TD] [TD]6,800[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]62.1%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1910[/TD] [TD]8,688[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]27.8%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1920[/TD] [TD]14,729[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]69.5%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1930[/TD] [TD]29,074[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]97.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1940[/TD] [TD]29,537[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]1.6%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1950[/TD] [TD]31,131[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]5.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1960[/TD] [TD]31,283[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]0.5%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1970[/TD] [TD]29,245[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]−6.5%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1980[/TD] [TD]27,064[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]−7.5%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]1990[/TD] [TD]23,622[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]−12.7%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]2000[/TD] [TD]21,981[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]−6.9%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]2010[/TD] [TD]21,684[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: center]−1.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: center]Est. 2014[/TD] [TD]21,335[/TD] [TD][9][/TD] [TD=align: center]−1.6%[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
February 24, 201610 yr Knowing the volume of alcohol that my company sells there on a weekly basis I am not surprised at all.
February 24, 201610 yr Knowing the volume of alcohol that my company sells there on a weekly basis I am not surprised at all. I'll take the blame for that.
February 24, 201610 yr In Ashland's defense, lumping in the armpit that is Huntington doesn't help their ranking.
February 25, 201610 yr I didn't know so many people disliked @LRCW's crocs... :lol2: lol2: lol2: lol2: lol2:
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