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Or0b0ur0s t1_ixhg1mg wrote

Reply to comment by SomeDisplayName in This is why Pennsylvania the best state, we got Wawa and low child abuse numbers by Hardwarethewolf

Winner. Almost every single person I know is a victim of child abuse or neglect, and only one ever had any encounters with CPS.

German stoicism and Latin-American sense of privacy, I guess, make the lie out of this. No way is child abuse remotely uncommon here, unless you're limiting it to outright injurious beating or sexual assault.

People in PA wonder why everyone they meet seems to behave like a jerk... how our parents treated us is likely why. Well, that and the relentless crushing poverty of ultra-high taxes, ultra-sparse services, ultra-low wages and shockingly high prices.

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SomeDisplayName t1_ixhht7l wrote

It's depressing, but making awareness of these issues may help change those cultural norms... Or at least get funding for better public services

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marysuewashere t1_ixijz46 wrote

And growing up breathing mill air didn't help us any.

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Or0b0ur0s t1_ixjr6z1 wrote

I guarantee you that (for today's middle-aged adults, kids of the 70s & 80s) the secondhand tobacco smoke will be a much bigger determining factor in our geriatric health.

That said, I was talking about behavior, which, AFAIK, isn't influenced by air pollution.

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