| Do you know roughly 8 percent of Americans keeping their New Year’s resolutions? “Spend less and save more” is among the most popular and commonly broken. The personal-finance website WalletHub released this month its report on 2020’s Best & Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions . This new report complements WalletHub’s list of the top New Year’s Financial Resolutions for 2020 and corresponding consumer survey. To help Americans stick to their 2020 goals, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 57 key metrics. The data set ranges from adult obesity to income growth to employment outlook. San Diego, California was the number one worst city in the United States for keeping their New Year’s Resolutions. Fremont, California, has the lowest share of obese adults, 15.30 percent. San Francisco has the lowest share of delinquent debtors, 1.90 percent, which is 6.4 times lower than in Jackson, Mississippi, the city with the highest at 12.18 percent. South Burlington, Vermont, has the lowest unemployment rate, 1.70 percent, which is 5.3 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 9.00 percent. Huntington, West Virginia, has the lowest prevalence of adult binge- and heavy drinking, 12.15 percent, which is 2.4 times lower than in Madison, Wisconsin, the city with the highest at 29.44 percent. San Jose, California, has the lowest share of adult smokers, 8.20 percent, which is three times lower than in St. Louis, the city with the highest at 24.69 percent. To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-new-years-resolutions/28749/ |