Longevous immigrants
Immigrants outlive the poor US born, according to the Star Telegram: of course, it is surprising to see that despite the lack of access to proper medical care, and very poor living conditions and long working hours, a healthier lifestyle brings those significant differences:
"People have a misconception that immigrants have poorer health, but when you look at the empirical data ... you almost always find they do better than their U.S.-born counterparts," Singh said. His research reported that immigrants' life expectancy surpassed 78 years, while the U.S.-born population's life expectancy hovered at 75. Current U.S. life expectancy is more than 77 years.
Besides, it is hard to argue about longevity when you know that the person sitting next to you has a positive outlook in life - you need that just to think about living in this country.