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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by rayiner on Sunday June 23, 2019 @09:43AM (#20255419)
Privilege and race. Of the 235 homicides so far this year in Chicago, just 10 of the victims were white: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-homi....

Likewise, a lot of the health issues are the result of poor nutrition, lead paint, and lead in the tap water. Middle class people live in more recently renovated houses, have more grocery stores nearby, and can afford water filters or bottled water.

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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by harryh on Sunday June 23, 2019 @03:38PM (#20258182)
poor nutrition...have more grocery stores nearby

FWIW, it's not clear that the former has much to do with the latter.

https://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132076786/the-root-the-myth-o...

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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by throwaway_98554 on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:27AM (#20256184)
> Of the 235 homicides so far this year in Chicago, just 10 of the victims were white:

Race statistics for victims. Do you also have them for perpetrators?

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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by rolltiide on Monday June 24, 2019 @01:16AM (#20260727)
I would also be interested in this
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