1 Hudson Valley City Among The Best At Keeping New Year's Resolutions

YONKERS, NY — New Year's resolutions are easy to make, but how well you keep them might just depend on where you live and only one Hudson Valley city made the nationwide list of best cities for keeping New Year's resolutions.

With Americans' top financial resolutions for 2023 being "to save more money" and "to fight back against inflation," the personal finance website WalletHub just released its "2023's Best & Worst Cities For Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions" rankings.

WalletHub compared more than 180 cities using 57 key indicators of favorable conditions for achieving New Year's goals, including access to exercise opportunities, the debt-to-income ratio for residents and the unemployment rate. The cities were graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the best possible urban environment for keeping those New Year's promises.

Yonkers ranked 92nd overall among cities, with the following relative rankings of five key dimensions:

• Health Resolutions: 52.71
• Financial Resolutions: 49
• School & Work Resolutions: 123
• Bad-Habit Resolutions: 170
• Relationship Resolutions: 3

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NYC came in at No. 71 on the list, with Buffalo at No. 113 and Rochester at No. 121.

Seattle, Washington ranked as the No. 1 city in the nation for keeping New Year's resolutions, according to WalletHub, followed by San Francisco, California, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

The worst U.S. city in which to keep New Year's resolutions was Newark, New Jersey.

There are, of course, a few ways to make those New Year's resolutions a way of life, no matter where you live.

Professor and behavioral specialist Eleanor D. Brown said the secret might not be in how (or where) you set your goals, but in the support you get along the way.

"Setting a resolution is good for articulating our intentions, but it has limited value unless we have a plan for how to achieve it — in fact, a goal without a realistic plan for success may be counterproductive because it sets us up to fail and feel bad about ourselves," Brown explained. "Breaking goals down and identifying steps we can take each day, week, and month can increase the likelihood of success, as can setting up a support system. That system could be a friend or partner we check in with on a daily or weekly basis to share about what's going well in terms of keeping our resolution, what has been challenging, and anything we'd like to do differently going forward. Or in some cases, it might be that a counselor, therapist, or support group is useful for tackling bigger emotional issues getting in our way."

Here are the top 10 cities in the United States for keeping New Year's resolutions in 2023.

1. Seattle, Washington
2. San Francisco, California
3. Scottsdale, Arizona
4. Salt Lake City, Utah
5. Overland Park, Kansas
6. Irvine, California
7. Fremont, California
8. San Diego, California
9. Austin, Texas
10. Orlando, Florida

The full report, along with detailed methodology, is available on WalletHub.