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Chattanooga ranks No. 1 for social well-being

Mayor Andy Berke stands in front of an aerial image of Chattanooga, on the wall of his conference room in this Nov. 17, 2014, photo.
Mayor Andy Berke stands in front of an aerial image of Chattanooga, on the wall of his conference room in this Nov. 17, 2014, photo.

By Alex Green 4 min read

How the rating is done

State of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings” examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States. Results are based on telephone interviews conducted throughout 2014 with a random sample of 176,702 adults, age 18 and older, living in the top 100 metro areas.

photo Aerial shows downtown Chattanooga, the Aquarium, Market Street Bridge, Tennessee River and the Bluff View district.

Maybe this is the Chattanooga Way quantified.

According to a Gallup-Healthways poll conducted over the course of last year, the Chattanooga metro area is No. 1 in the country for social well-being.

That’s No. 1 among America’s 100 biggest metropolitan areas for people with support and love from friends and family, with encouragement to go bigger, do better and try new things.

And it’s Chattanoogans being 6 percent more likely than the country as a whole to be on the receiving end of friends’ and families’ “positive energy.”