Why the east side of so many cities is poorer

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If you live on the east side of your city because I'm sorry, you might live on the Poroside. London, Paris, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tokyo, and all these cities that east side is poor while the west side is rich. I'm not even kidding, I grew up in a place called Zeno, Ohio, and the Poroside was called the East End. So, what's going on here? I'll explain why, but to do that, we have to go all the way back to the Industrial Revolution. You see, during the Industrial Revolution, factories were popping up everywhere, and all these factories blew out something, massive amounts of smoke, and guess where all that smoke ends up in the east side of the city. Now, let me explain wind. Across the northern hemisphere, wind always blows the same way, from west to east, which meant all the factories smoke created during the Industrial Revolution blew over to the east sides of cities, and someone that has money isn't going to want to live in the smoke, so they paid to live in the west side, which over time became very hard to do, even after the factories were gone. When I came across this, in Montreal, you can actually measure this in life expectancy. Life expectancy of the west side of Montreal is 85, while the east side is 74. So people are more poor and live shorter lives because of wind. I've been researching cities lately, and I created this city matching tool, so comment and see if you want me to send it to you.

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