Personal Review: Place Matters By David Wahlberg

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After reading Place Matters, I can see that the teacher realizes that her students live in a poor neighborhood that doesn’t give them access to fruits in vegetables and grocery stores and they're afraid to come out there own house because it’s an unsafe environment. After speaking to David Wahlberg, I learned that he cares about individuals and care about community health he will like to see madison with a healthier community. These are connected to community health because we're trying to keep the community healthy and the environment safer also

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