Second best up-and-coming fitness city

JERSEY CITY – Jersey City has been ranked the second best up-and-coming fitness city in the nation by Women’s Health Magazine as part of their “20 Best Up-and Coming Cities for Every Social Scene” report.
The report featured four categories and listed the top five cities in each group. Jersey City ranked second in the fitness category following Scottsdale, Arizona. The other three cities in the group were in order: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Portland, Oregon; and Charlotte, North Carolina.
“We are thrilled that Women’s Health has identified Jersey City as a city on the rise with regard to fitness as we certainly know our residents place health and wellness as priority,” said Mayor Fulop. “That is why we have added several new recreational programs for our youth and adults, are working to enhance bike and pedestrian assets throughout the city, are investing nearly $6 million into renovating parks and have expanded nutritional programming through our Health Department.”
According to their website, Women’s Health partnered with Yelp on a six-month-long project that began with Yelp data scientists sorting through some 61 million reviews. “Our methodology was simple: First, we eliminated the obvious major-city contenders. Then, we ID’d spots with a large proportion of highly rated new businesses in the aforementioned ‘social’ categories. We crossed-checked this preliminary list with social-ommunity sites such as Meetup.com and Chowhound.com. Then came our quality control: We set loose our reporters to interview dozens of on-the-ground Yelp community managers and regional team leaders, countless local business owners and experts, and, of course, plenty of everyday citizens.”