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No_Historian718 t1_je5jdq4 wrote

City dwellers walk more- they just do

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Roberto-Del-Camino t1_je5xzwl wrote

Then why is 100% urban Suffolk County 11th out of 14? It’s home to the finest hospitals in the world. It really comes down to economics more than anything.

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AboyNamedBort t1_je6dr5o wrote

The poor people in Suffolk Country would be more unhealthy if they walked less. So yes its economics. There is also a lot of air pollution from cars and planes in the Boston area.

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Roberto-Del-Camino t1_je6m1qm wrote

First off, love your username. Do you still have that bicycle license plate?

Second, life expectancy for poor people is not just related to the amount of exercise they get. Infant mortality, manual labor, and violent crime all have a much higher impact on poor people than well-off people.

Add in poor diets (because junk food is cheaper than healthy food) and genetic predisposition to some diseases by historically impoverished segments of the population and it’s a recipe for shorter lives.

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No_Historian718 t1_je5yk12 wrote

🤷🏼‍♀️

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Roberto-Del-Camino t1_je604t4 wrote

If you compare per capita income, by county, to life expectancy, by county, it’s almost an exact correlation. Otherwise, Suffolk county would have the highest life expectancy in the United States, or maybe the world. It’s completely urban, and it’s home to tremendous medical facilities.

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