RIP Robert Fogel, Nobel Prize winner and revered professor at my grad school alma mater University of Chicago. In his most recent book published last year, Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity, Fogel writes that the “abstention from caloric gluttony” increased the Japanese life expectancy by 13 years, whereas the “more gluttonous Americans” increased their life expectancy by only 7 years.
Study finds that consolidating your bank accounts leads to move savings.
There is building evidence that extreme sports (i.e., endurance running) are bad for you. An article in the WSJ states, “…recent studies suggest the significant mortality benefits of running may diminish or disappear at mileage exceeding 30 miles a week…yet sports-medicine specialists are sharply divided over whether any warning sign is warranted. For every American who exercises to extreme after all, there are thousands who don’t exercise at all.”
Interesting fact: Patty Hearst was a student at UC Berkeley when she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974.
According to a Kiplinger survey, SF is one of the most expensive U.S. cities. Ummm, no duh. Memphis is one of the least expensive. Never been. Should we all retire in Memphis?
I keep telling you NO, we are not going to retire elsewhere. You will miss your friends and family. Save well as I am sure you are and be willing to scale back as you get older. A house in Vallejo is $140 and you could see your family and friends at will (on an organized schedule). But we did not go to Desert Art Preview from Oakland because it was WAY on the other side of town. so.
You are so right, Affinity. I am going to write a post on exactly your point. Cheap housing in the Bay Area. I need to look into this!
ooops $140,000
This is SO INTERESTING! I am honestly not surprised, though, because extreme anything seems, well, extreme.-Ashley
That’s why I stay away from the ultramarathons…or any type of exercise in general. I consider walking to the bus exercise enough.
Very interesting and kind of surprised that New York City wasn’t the number one expensive place to live, because seriously everything here is always so expensive. The whole rate of living is just ridiculous. Thank you for sharing though and got to remember good ole Memphis!! 🙂
SF is one of the top 5 most expensive.
#1 NYC
#2 Honolulu
#3 SF
#4 San Jose, CA
#5 Stamford, CT
Hmmmm….I think I need to look up those other places and see where else is inexpensive to live!
I have never thought of myself of an extreme anything but there are many weeks when I exceed 30 miles…although not right now, this last month I have been more like extremely lazy 🙂
I don’t exercise so I fall into that stat, for every one person who does extreme sports, there are thousands who don’t exercise. Haha, I am part of the crowd.