Is there a large population of elderly individuals that near you?
There are five places across the globe, referred to as blue zones (per bluezones.com ), where an above average number of people live to be past 100 years of age. These locations include Ikaria, Greece, Sardinia, Italy, Okinawa, Japan, Loma Linda, California, and Nicoya, Costa Rica. Be it diet, environment, or below average stress levels, something about these places allow their residents to thrive. Opposingly, there are a handful of cities on Earth where people live shorter lives than most. 24/7 Tempo did a deep dive into the places with the shortest life spans across America (one in each city) and this is what they found!
Per the list, residents of Pittsfield have the shortest life expectancy of any city in Massachusetts . The current life expectancy in Pittsfield is 78.02 years compared to the currently average life expectancy across Massachusetts which is 80.19 years.
Here’s what 24/7 Tempo had to say about compiling the data to discover the city with the shortest life expectancy in each state: