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Traffic = Death?
According to the L.A. Daily News, a German study funded partly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that people prone to a heart attack face triple their usual risk as a result of traffic whether they are in cars, on bicycles or on mass transit.
Here at LAist, we did a little bit of our own research, taking the German study one step further in talking to Los Angeles residents. Our goal was to canvas their thoughts on the traffic/heart-attack/death connection, and the results were startling. Based on local residents in five separate areas of town, the Top 3 believed-causes of death (other than traffic) were ranked as follows:
Beverly Hills
1. Botox poisoning.
2. Social outcast syndrome.
3. Multi-millionaires not being happy with all that money and committing suicide. (This suggestion was usually met with hilarious laughter and followed by a "just kidding.")
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Hollywood
1. Alcohol poisoning.
2. The trampling-over and subsequent death of star-watchers at a mediocre movie premiere.
3. A bad piece of fried chicken.
The San Fernando Valley
1. Bad frozen yogurt infected with E coli.
2. Heat-stroke.
3. Getting badly beaten by Westsiders who are sick of hearing how anything you could ever want can be found on Ventura Boulevard.
Silverlake
1. Choking on an over-abundance of incense fumes.
2. Veganism.
3. Culture-shock. (Or lack thereof.)
The Westside
1. Bad lox.
2. Bad sushi.
3. Bad attitude.
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