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Where you live can affect how long you live
Life expectancy can vary greatly between neighborhoods
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Recent data shows significant gaps in life expectancy persist across many United States cities and towns. New Holland neighborhood of Gainesville has an average life expectancy of 75.90 - photo by Scott Rogers
But if you live in the Newtown neighborhood in midtown Gainesville, a historically African-American community, about a 7-mile drive from the country club but shorter as the crow flies, your life expectancy is 75.9 years.