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minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoAnd higher rate of poverty means worse living conditions and having to keep the AC set to a higher temp if on at all.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI’d say centuries of institutional racism might have a little more to do with it.
Higher rate of obesity?
And higher rate of poverty means worse living conditions and having to keep the AC set to a higher temp if on at all.
I’d say centuries of institutional racism might have a little more to do with it.