Toughest U.S. Cities To Live In

It has also had problems with lead poisoning in its water supply, which left residents without access to clean, safe water. Despite all of these hardships, Newark is the most populous city in all of New Jersey. Newark has a crime rate that is higher than 87% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

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  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • Reed Hasting started Netflix after receiving $40 in late fees when returning Apollo 13.
  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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