BALTIMORE -- Sabrina Oliver looked forward to good schools and safer streets when she moved her family from her crime-ridden and trash-strewn West Baltimore neighbourhood to the suburbs, but was surprised to discover another benefit as well -- a dramatic improvement in their health.
The asthma that afflicted daughter Nyla, 9, and frequently kept her out of school just about disappeared when the family relocated to Parkville, Md., and most recently to Orchard Beach, Md., where there were no roaches and mice, and less dust because the houses were more modern. Although chronic depression had once mentally paralyzed Oliver -- keeping her out of work and on disability -- the 38-year-old no longer takes antidepressants and has a job sitting with severely ill patients at hospitals.
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