I've found it easy to live healthy here (for 2.5 years so far). I expect with the right choices you could be healthy in any normal place. But there are some aspects of silicon valley that make it easier to be healthy compared to much of the US:
- better pay, so it's easier to eat a healthy diet
- better weather, so you can easily exercise outside every day and don't need any exercise equipment
- better public transportation / bike lanes, so living without a car is feasible.
- lots of amazing geography and ocean nearby, so I've been going hiking / surfing on days off and rarely spend my free time indoors.
There are cities with better public transit, and there are places that have nature even more accessible, but I can't think of anywhere else in the US with this combination of pay, weather, public transit and nature all in the same place.
Of course, if you have a job that requires you to spend many more than 40 hours at the computer each week, and doesn't provide healthy food, it will be more difficult to keep healthy habits.
- better pay, so it's easier to eat a healthy diet
- better weather, so you can easily exercise outside every day and don't need any exercise equipment
- better public transportation / bike lanes, so living without a car is feasible.
- lots of amazing geography and ocean nearby, so I've been going hiking / surfing on days off and rarely spend my free time indoors.
There are cities with better public transit, and there are places that have nature even more accessible, but I can't think of anywhere else in the US with this combination of pay, weather, public transit and nature all in the same place.
Of course, if you have a job that requires you to spend many more than 40 hours at the computer each week, and doesn't provide healthy food, it will be more difficult to keep healthy habits.