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>France is closer in composition to New Hampshire than the US as a whole. Does New Hampshire have any cities where 30-40% of the population are Muslim? http:/
by jdietrich 10y ago
>France is closer in composition to New Hampshire than the US as a whole.
Does New Hampshire have any cities where 30-40% of the population are Muslim?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/resentment-growing-christians-muslims-marseilles/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/resentment-growing-christians...
To describe France as homogeneous is utterly, profoundly ignorant.
- brianwawok 10y agoCompared to the United States, it is. If you want actual numbers, you can start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_et... It is not a huge difference, but it's there. I wouldn't consider religion the top factor to pivot on, I would consider things like native language a better model. Here is data that suggests infant mortality ranges from 9.6 in Mississippi to 4.2 in MA. So by this metric, infant mortality is in fact LOWER for many people than in France (or many parts of Europe). http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/infant-death-rate/?currentTimeframe=0 http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/infant-death-rate/?curr...