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I would think it's more about personal choices. People living in the poorer neighborhoods are more likely to be prostitutes or gun toting gang bangers hooked on drugs or alcohol and be exposed to violence and disease than someone living in a ritzier neighborhood. People make choices to either stay in that environment or get the hell out. Thousands of people every year make the choice to get an education and a real job and move from these poorer neighborhoods leaving behind those that choose to stay so it's no small wonder their life expectancy is shorter. Unfortunately with all the current government programs to help people out of these neighborhoods it's fairly likely no matter how much more you tax and steal from the "rich" and give to these people they will most likely choose to continue to stay in these environments.
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