I gotta know! Does where you live affect your health?

[jennifersofia]

Just moaned at my dad because we have been ill with flu for 10 miserable days now and he sent me an email saying it was basically because we live in London (wet weather, lots of people). This seems to have been confirmed by the fact that when we were recently on a rural Cornish holiday we were all very well and got sick as soon as we returned to the Big Smoke.
All you people who have moved from urban to rural - have you noticed that your children get sick less?

Probably more the lots of people (= lots of germs) than the wet weather - Cornwall is pretty damp sometimes!

It is true (what Janh said!), where you live does affect your health. There are surveys/evidence to support it but I'm not sure where to source the info. The more highly populated areas tend to suffer with more illness.

I personally feel much healthier and get ill rarely when I live in the country. In the city I feel and look grey and catch colds more often.