New Yorkers are Unhealthy

After spending the last four days in Manhatten I have come to a basic understanding: New Yorkers are unhealthy people. I observe this by their height, plain and simply. I'm a tall guy. Not hugely tall, but normally one of the three tallest people in any social setting (outside the basketball court, which I don't attend, so that solves that) but in New York I saw only two men during the entire trip who were noticeably taller than I. I got back to the Northwest and was immediately comforted by not being the looming giant on the subway or streets. I think there's something about the constant contaminating effects of surliness and toxins that stunts New Yorkers' height. I'm no scientist, but I know something about unhealthy living. And New York aint healthy.