Monday, May 31, 2010

Nine habits of highly vital cities

Dan Buettner has spent the last seven years travelling the world's "Blue Zones," unusual places where people live longer than normal and remain relatively healthy and happy in their old age.

Known Blue Zones include a mountainous area of Sardinia, the island of Okinawa, the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, Icaria, Greece, and, surprisingly, a city in California. What is it about these places that support longer life? Buettner found nine things people who live in Blue Zones have in common.

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