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Will you be living next to Mayo Clinic when you have your heart attack, or something closer to the median hospital in the region?

• CPLX 7y ago
  Like the Cleveland Clinic, Northwesten Medical, or University of Michigan? There’s some confused thinking in this thread I think.
  • asdff 7y ago
    Of course there are institutions in the midwest. Some of the best universities are in the midwest. But practically if you lived in, say Lodi, it would take you over an hour to drive to the cleveland clinic main campus to see a specialist. That might be fine while you are 35 but untenable when you are 85. The services are there but the density is low and the sprawl is wide in the midwest, and your only option is the car or to be entirely dependent on a relative to shuttle you to your appointments as public transit is anemic to non existent outside of chicago.
  • quaquaqua1 7y ago
    The 4 hospitals you've named will serve tens of millions of people? How about the ambulances in Detroit which take 45 mins, or the south Chicago hospitals who refuse to treat gunshot wounds?