Philadelphia cutting down on the whiz wit?

Okay, I’m as confused as anyone about the whole Philly-is-cool media meme going around for the past nine months or so, but these things happen. Cities with cheap beer and real estate always get called hot every once in a while, and not all of the stories about this whole Philadelphia Renaissance are all hyperbole. So, you know, whatever.

But never in a million years did I think I’d see this: Philadelphia has gotten fitter. A lot fitter.

Last year, Philly was No. 2 on the annual Men’s Health promotional attempt-to-sell-magazines America’s Fattest/Fittest Cities list. (Philly was No. 2 on the fattest, obviously.) This year, we’re No. 23 on the fattest list. I don’t know if it was Rocky VI (or, for that matter, Salvador Dali) inspiring people to run up the Art Museum steps or people having to walk up several flights of stairs to their new condo, but I suppose we’re not (quite as) fat anymore.

Wait: Cool and not as fat? Be still my heart.

Philly Gets Fitter on Annual List [AP via NBC 10]