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Comment author: Lumifer 21 July 2014 04:30:37PM 0 points [-]

If urbanization leads to lower car deaths, that's a good reason to move to a more urbanized place.

No, it's not, because you're ignoring other causes of death and we already know that everything else is not equal.

Comment author: VAuroch 21 July 2014 08:42:30PM -1 points [-]

I didn't mean to imply that it's a reason which should override other ones. What I did mean was that

Also, statistics and my personal experience indicates that the most effective way of avoiding traffic accidents is to live in a western country other than the United States

is true even if urbanization is a confounding factor.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 July 2014 09:07:28PM *  2 points [-]

is true

Is not.

Emphasis mine: "...the most effective way of avoiding traffic accidents" is to change countries. Oh, really?

By the way, the US is a diverse country. Traffic fatalities per 100,000 population: Italy 6.2, Belgium 7.2, Massachusetts 5.3. So, is the most effective way of avoiding traffic accidents is to move to Boston? DC is even better -- 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 population...

Comment author: VAuroch 22 July 2014 10:34:57PM -1 points [-]

That's true.

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