Yet again Naples is in the news, this time ranking #1 of the Happiest and Healthiest Cities in America!

This Article is reposted from Today.com

Naples, Florida, and the nearby communities of Marco Island and Immokalee top the Gallup-Healthways State of American Well-Being: 2015 Community Rankings list released on Tuesday. The report measures how residents of 190 U.S. cities feel about their physical health, social ties, financial security, community and sense of purpose.

“Naples is a high well-being place,” Dan Witters, research director of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, told TODAY. “People in Naples really like their communities.”

Residents there have the lowest levels of stress in the country, report little depression and eat healthy on a daily basis, the report found. Many of them like their daily activities and enjoy an intellectually lively culture, telling interviewers they learn or do something interesting every day.

It doesn’t hurt that the city is affluent, Witters said. But while well-being goes up with income, it’s not beholden to it, he added.

The top five U.S. communities with the highest well-being are:

1. Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida

2. Salinas, California

3. North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida

4. Fort Collins, Colorado

5. Barnstable Town, Massachusetts

Bottom Line: We all can agree with Naples being an unbelievable place to live – that’s why we live here! With all the acknowledgments and publicity Naples has been receiving in the last few years it only increases the value of our current and future real estate with national experts predicting unprecedented growth in our area within the next few years due to the retirement of baby boomers.

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