Cleveland - A Best Walking City

The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) has just published the results of a survey which ranks America's Best Walking Cities. Interestingly, Cleveland ranks number 10 on their list. Yay! We're number 10! We're number 10!

What's more interesting, though, is that one of the criteria used to do the survey was counting the number of podiatrists in the city. The more, the better.

Now, it seems to me that the number of foot doctors would depend on the number of people with foot problems. If Cleveland has lots of foot doctors, that would indicate that:

1) Walking in Cleveland causes foot problems, or

2) Walking in general causes foot problems.

This would be contrary to the whole purpose of the article, which was to encourage people to walk.

Using the number of podiatrists as a basis for determining the best city for walking makes as much sense as using the number of iron lungs to determine the best city for breathing.

Of course, I could be mistaken.