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Posted by jfleck on 30 December 2012, 11:55 am

American cities became much healthier in the early twentieth century because they were spending as much on water as the federal government spent on everything except the military and the postal service.

Edward Glaeser, writing in Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

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