Ethnically dense neighborhood good for health

More brilliant researchers are at it again. Segregate for health!

"Living in a neighborhood with a lot of people of similar ethnic background may have some health benefit, hints a new study from the United Kingdom.

In the study, fewer activity-limiting long-term illnesses were reported by people who lived in neighborhoods they felt were more than half made up of people with whom they shared a common ethnicity.

This effect was seen among white (primarily of British and Irish ancestry), Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and African race and ethnic groups, despite the tendency of ethnic minorities to "live in deprived neighbourhoods," Dr. Mai Stafford, from University College London, told Reuters Health in an email correspondence."

Of course, busing people into their own neighborhoods will cut down on their walking.

No biggie. It is of relative uselessness, anyway.