News tagged with satisfactory neighborhoods
Social problems dominate concerns in neighborhoods with unsatisfied residents
Oct 06, 2008 |
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A new study reveals that the general appearance of a neighborhood is the single most important factor affecting how satisfied residents are about the area where they live.
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Research finds street gang activity is a predictor of homicide in LA neighborhoods
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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Neighborhoods saddled with gangs fighting over the same turf suffer higher homicide rates and greater instability than areas where the gangs are scarce, according to a recent study by researchers at Charles Drew University ...
Unsafe neighborhoods disable the elderly
May 27, 2009 |
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Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that e ...
Parolee releases spike violent crime, study suggests
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- California lawmakers may want to rethink a cost-cutting proposal to release at least 27,000 inmates from state prison in light of a new study linking parolees to increases in violent crime.
Magnets might dissuade crocodiles from settling in neighborhoods
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Magnets taped to the heads of captured crocodiles could keep them from returning to South Florida neighborhoods where they're not wanted, state wildlife officials said Monday.
Is bilateral liver resection safe for bilateral intrahepatic stones?
Aug 06, 2009 |
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A research article to be published on August 7, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. In the present study, 101 consecutive patients with bilateral intrahepatic stones who underwent bilate ...
Number of fast-food restaurants in neighborhood associated with stroke risk
Feb 19, 2009 |
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The risk of stroke increases with the number of fast-food restaurants in a neighborhood, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009.
Healthy food availability could depend on where you live -- so does the quality of your diet
Feb 25, 2009 |
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The availability of healthy food choices and your quality of diet is associated with where you live, according to two studies conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers examined ...
Low-income? No car? Expect to pay more for groceries
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Households located in poor neighborhoods pay more for the same items than people living in wealthy ones, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Race guides neighborhood evaluation, study says
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Race is a powerful determinant of how whites regard a neighborhood, according to a recent study at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Michigan.
Grocery boost
May 20, 2008 |
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Low-income neighborhoods that lack easy access to grocery stores could lead to a breakdown of food security for hundreds of thousands of people - not in the developing world, but in major urban areas of the U.S. That's the ...
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