Re:The average American has the same life expectancy as the ...
by bobthepanda on Saturday April 01, 2023 @03:03AM
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NYU is also more vertical than most universities in the US. How many university buildings in the US are 12 floors or higher?
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Re:The average American has the same life expectancy as the ...
by grecy on Saturday April 01, 2023 @10:51AM
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I don't care if the building 100 floors - the problem is not the height of the building. The problem is that young people in the US who are clearly privileged enough to attend a very prestigious university are driven to suicide.
Re:The average American has the same life expectancy as the ...
by bobthepanda on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:32PM
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Tall structures everywhere are suicide magnets because they are fairly accessible and the means of death is easy and fairly certain. It’s why you can’t build a large bridge with a pedestrian walkway without some kind of safety netting, and that’s globally.
Re:The average American has the same life expectancy as the ...
by grecy on Saturday April 01, 2023 @07:09PM
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Countries by suicides per 100,000 population:
US: 14.5 UK: 6.9 Germany: 8.3
The problem IS NOT tall structures. The problem is something about US society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...
Re:The average American has the same life expectancy as the ...
by yunohn on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:42AM
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> the problem is not tall structures
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/countries
The data shows that the USA has way more tall buildings than most of Europe, by more than an order of magnitude.
Disclaimer: I don’t agree they’re a leading cause, rather an accessory to a suicide premeditated by various health/societal factors.