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SCOUT· 20%38m·2022-07-01·HistoryChicago When It Sizzles
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 8
July 1995: A deadly heatwave gripped Chicago - bridges buckled; the power grids failed; and the morgue ran out of space - but some neighbourhoods saw more deaths than others. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg wanted to know why. So he headed to the hardest hit districts and found that social isolation and loneliness played…
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