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There areno jobs in these areas in middle America. And sometimes the water and air is poison where there is affordable housing anyway in these places. We need s

There areno jobs in these areas in middle America. And sometimes the water and air is poison where there is affordable housing anyway in these places. We need social programs that actually help and that actually are accessible. Some of the Medicaid forms I've seen were more difficult to complete than a dissertation and turn everyone away until they literally have nothing, i.e. when it's so too late for help to actually help in any lasting way that could be built upon.

jjeaff 9y ago
You are beyond ill informed. The huge majority of middle American housing is located in areas with much better air quality than any of the big coastal cities like Los Angeles.
- brooklyn_ashey 9y ago
  I thought we were talking places where people can work/live. Detroit came to mind: affordable housing, a few jobs- not many. But then I remembered: oh yeah! They have a giant trash incinerator blowing poison air on the whole Metro Area. It is at its worst where the housing is at its most affordable. Then I thought Indiana, Ohio- also having cities with some of the worst air quality in the country. Detroit's is worse than LA. Evansville is up there. Let's not even start with the water issues in the midwest, starting with Detroit. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/23/detroit-garbage-incinerator-pollution-health-problems-environmentalists https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/23/detroit-garb...
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  - jjeaff 9y ago
    Detroit is one of the worst in America and being nearly on the Canadian border, I don't think many consider it "middle" America.
    - hawkice 9y ago
      Middle America is more socioeconomic than physical. Chicago, south of Detroit (but mostly just further from the border with Canada), wouldn't be considered Middle America. North Dakota probably would. Detroit is a strange city, but I think many people would probably refer to it that way. The midwest in general can conjure some of the aesthetic pretty well, despite physical locations sometimes being quite north.

jjeaff 9y ago

You are beyond ill informed. The huge majority of middle American housing is located in areas with much better air quality than any of the big coastal cities like Los Angeles.

brooklyn_ashey 9y ago
I thought we were talking places where people can work/live. Detroit came to mind: affordable housing, a few jobs- not many. But then I remembered: oh yeah! They have a giant trash incinerator blowing poison air on the whole Metro Area. It is at its worst where the housing is at its most affordable. Then I thought Indiana, Ohio- also having cities with some of the worst air quality in the country. Detroit's is worse than LA. Evansville is up there. Let's not even start with the water issues in the midwest, starting with Detroit. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/23/detroit-garbage-incinerator-pollution-health-problems-environmentalists https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/23/detroit-garb...
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- jjeaff 9y ago
  Detroit is one of the worst in America and being nearly on the Canadian border, I don't think many consider it "middle" America.
  - hawkice 9y ago
    Middle America is more socioeconomic than physical. Chicago, south of Detroit (but mostly just further from the border with Canada), wouldn't be considered Middle America. North Dakota probably would. Detroit is a strange city, but I think many people would probably refer to it that way. The midwest in general can conjure some of the aesthetic pretty well, despite physical locations sometimes being quite north.