"Our bridges are not in very good condition in this country, " said Ruth Stidger, editor in chief of the trade publication Better Roads, which compiled the data.

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In an interview, Jeffrey Drazen, the NEJM editor in chief, said that picking a method of analysis after seeing the data is bad scientific form.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"Public education is paid for by the public, used by the public and of crucial public concern, so these data should be made public, " said the Journal's editor in chief, Robert Thomson.

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But New York and New Jersey also have another element at play that FORBES editor Michael Noer noticed: their immigration rates are among the highest in the country according to Census Data.

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