the doctor recommends friends

Seeking those elusive secrets to good personal health? According to this article in the New York Times, you might want to try friends.

The article touches on the main point of what Funkytown is all about. We think that having more cultural events within a community can foster and nurture these beneficial relationships.

For many of us, I don't think we needed "official" testing to determine this outcome (although I rather enjoyed the "walking up the hill with friends" tests), but it is good that somebody has finally settled the score.