Even Controlling For Poverty, Urban Places Are Thinner Than Suburbs

... 5.2% poverty rate (less than one-third that of Manhattan), but a 21.3% obesity rate- a 16 point gap. Exurban Suffolk County had an even bigger gap, with a poverty rate comparable to that of Nassau (5.7%) but a higher obesity rate (25.6%). Exurban ...

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