Comment by lolinder

> That low income low literacy people live longer, provided they have good genetics seems plausible to me.

That it seems plausible is why the story has circulated for so long, but that doesn't make it true. We do research precisely to check what seems plausible against actual data.

Since you're using a throwaway anyway, can you share which part of the Southern coast of Europe you live in? Maybe together we can find data that would help.