More interesting is that if you look at the top income quartile of the rich in dirty cities, they live the same number of years as their counterparts in clean cities. Why? Because the rich move far away from these poisonous polluters. Poor air quality is not an issue for the rich and powerful to fight - they live, work and go to school many miles from these polluters. In fact, many profit from it as they own these polluting industries. Opinion: What predominantly white colleges should say amid Black Lives Matter protests Poor people do live shorter lives, but they live longer in nonpolluted cities. Examining the bottom income quartile of Louisville citizens at the age at which they passed compared with similar residents of the five cleanest cities that heavily regulated air pollution, poor men in Louisville died five years earlier and poor women died four years earlier than their counterparts in the cleaner cities. This “blame the victim” explanation has been debunked by social scientists. This is evident in comparing cities with different levels of pollution. When Mayor Greg Fischer convened an elite task force (academic experts were ignored), they blamed it on the lifestyle of the poor: smoking, drinking, diet, obesity and education. Environmental degradation was not listed as a cause for reduced life expectancy. A host of community ills such as lower school achievement scores reduced chances of college admission higher chances of home foreclosure higher crime rates greater greenhouse gasses/climate change significant reduction in homeowner’s equity and appreciation reduced taxes to support essential neighborhood services and unwalkable neighborhoods.Higher risks of fetal damage miscarriages dementia cancer asthma lower birth rate depression, and COVID-19.Pollution does not only result in significantly lower life expectancy, but also results in other issues found in dozens of scientific journal articles including: Maybe, “staying in place” is not such a good idea if you live in western Louisville, especially when doctors are now telling patients to get out of the area whether for housing, work, school or worship. Scientists widely agree that pollution is a major cause of these medical problems. Neighborhoods near the industries are twice as likely to have either asthma or high blood pressure, four times more likely to have COPD, seven times more likely to have heart disease and four times more likely to have poor physical health. 1 when you average out the four EPA measures of pollution in our analysis of air quality in 146 similarly sized cities. Our research pre-published in Lancet found that Louisville ranks No. How do we know that Louisville has the worst air quality of any midsize city? The EPA provides the most valid and reliable measures of poor air quality. Pedestrians who wish to stroll down the busiest mile-long strip have to cross the wide street over and over again to find sidewalk space.Opinion: Systemic racism is enabled when white people do not speak out " Sprinkled with drive-up businesses and constant curb cuts, Central Avenue is virtually unwalkable. While some inner suburbs are cashing in on their inherent walkability (i.e., streetcar suburbs), others don't lend themselves so easily to the coffee shop set. Inner-ring suburbs like Columbia Heights "are blue-collar towns, developed after World War II to attract industrial workers lifting themselves into the middle class these first-tier suburbs now are home to aging populations, aging housing stock and aging infrastructure Lurking beneath the debate, as you might expect, is the issue of gentrification." Alan Ehrenhalt discusses the tensions that are rising as demographic shifts have city leaders looking toward a hipper, more prosperous future. Adjoining a rapidly-gentrifying arts district, Columbia Heights is known for its deep working-class roots and a heavy helping of automotive businesses.
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