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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I think the most downtrodden place I've ever visited was Varanasi, India. I would've washed my hands constantly if I could've found any clean water.
It made me curious what the life expectancy is there, and it's the lowest in India. It's in Uttar Pradesh state:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tancy_at_birth
It's actually still higher than I expected at roughly 67. I was expecting it to be in the 50s. Man, that place was rough. |
It's spiritually the most auspicious place to die for a Hindu, so in that sense it's less of a bad thing. Did you see the burning ghats on the Ganges?