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Why your neighborhood could be partly to blame for bad sleep

Nypost · · 512 words · By Fox News
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Add The New York Post on Google Where you live in your neighborhood could significantly affect your sleep, according to experts and recent research on urban landscapes.

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Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based nutritionist and author of “The Sleepdemic Solution,” confirmed that household surroundings and ambient neighborhood conditions can directly interfere with restfulness.

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Claim 1: “Individuals living in neighborhoods with a stronger perceived sense of safety tended to experience longer sleep durations, the researchers found.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that greenery and a stronger perceived sense of safety were linked to longer sleep durations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brothers in Arms (豊臣兄弟!, Toyotomi Kyōdai!)is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Taiga Nakano as Toyotomi Hidenaga. The series is the 65th NHK taiga drama.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Freedom Project is a Japanese promotional project by Nissin Cup Noodles for their 35th anniversary in 2006. As part of the project, the 7-part OVA series, titled Freedom, was commissioned with and de…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kazuhiro Tsuga is a Japanese business executive who is serving as chairman of Panasonic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiro_Tsuga
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Claim 2: “Alternatively, highly walkable environments with abundant sidewalks and traffic signs were linked to a lower sense of safety and shorter periods of sleep, possibly due to increased foot traffic and crowdedness, the study found.”
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Multiple sources confirm that highly walkable streetscapes with more sidewalks and traffic signs were associated with a lower sense of safety and shorter sleep duration.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alternatively, highly walkable environments with abundant sidewalks and traffic signs were linked to a lower sense of safety and shorter periods of sleep, possibly due to increased foot traffic and cr…
https://www.foxnews.com/health/trouble-sleeping-neighborhood…
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web search NEUTRAL — Studies have even found a direct link between the amount of time spent on...
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/emo0000403
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web search NEUTRAL — The researchers found that highly walkable streetscapes, such as those with more sidewalks and traffic signs, were associated with a reduced sense of safety and shorter sleep duration. This suggests t…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-relationship-streets-…
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Claim 3: “The study examined 1,089 working adults residing on lower apartment floors in Tokyo.”
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Web search results explicitly state the study linked characteristics to the self-reported sleep of 1,089 working adults living on the lower floors of apartments in Tokyo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — People associated with Kwansei Gakuin University.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daisuke Fukuda (福田 大典, Fukuda Daisuke; born March 18, 1967), better known by his stage name Taiten Kusunoki (楠 大典, Kusunoki Taiten; sometimes spelt Taitem Kusunoki), is a Japanese actor and voice acto…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II (Japanese: ロード・エルメロイII世の事件簿, Hepburn: Rōdo Erumeroi Nisei no Jikenbo) is a Japanese light novel series written by Makoto Sanda (Rental Magica) and illustrated by Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_Files_of_Lord_El-Mell…
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Claim 4: “Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based nutritionist and author of “The Sleepdemic Solution,” confirmed that household surroundings and ambient neighborhood conditions can directly interfere with restfulness.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Erin Palinski-Wade is a New Jersey-based registered dietitian/nutritionist and the author of 'The Sleepdemic Solution'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sleepdemic Solution is a science-backed 7-day reset to fix your sleep, restore your metabolism, and lose weight—without fighting your body.Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CDCES where you’ll learn how to p…
https://erinpalinski.com/the-sleepdemic-solution/
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web search NEUTRAL — One weekly routine could help foster better sleep and promote healthy weight loss, according to a New Jersey-based registered dietitian.Erin Palinski-Wade, who is also a certified diabetes care specia…
https://www.5thnews.com/health/5-step-sleep-reset-could-prom…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sleepdemic Solution: The 7-Day Reset to Fix Your Sleep, Restore Your Metabolism, and Lose Weight Without Fighting Your Body (Hardback). Erin Palinski-Wade (author).
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-sleepdemic-solution/eri…
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Claim 5: “The study relies on self-reported sleep data from working adults in Tokyo”
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Evidence explicitly mentions that the researchers linked characteristics to the 'self-reported sleep' of the participants.
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web search NEUTRAL — Master any subject with Studley AI. Trusted by more than 3 million top students. Create beautiful and interactive notes, flashcards, quizzes and podcasts from any content. Study smarter, not harder.
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Claim 6: “Visual elements like trees and other greenery, and high “enclosure” rates (tall vertical buildings with few open spaces) aligned with longer sleep and fewer insomnia symptoms.”
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While the general study is corroborated, the specific detail regarding 'high enclosure rates' (tall buildings with few open spaces) is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the general link to greenery is mentioned.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gamba Osaka (ガンバ大阪, Ganba Ōsaka) is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club'…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Japanese entrepreneurs. Asano Sōichirō Busujima Kunio Enomoto Daisuke Fujita Den Fukuda Yoshitaka Hirotake Yano Honda Soichirō Horie Takafumi Ibuka Masaru Itō Joi Itō Masatoshi Iwas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_entrepreneurs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matsushita (written: 松下 lit. "below the pine tree") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Daisuke Matsushita (born 1981), a former Japanese football player Hiro Matsushita (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsushita
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Claim 7: “the research focused strictly on residents living on the lower floors of apartment buildings in a single city”
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Evidence confirms the study focused on 1,089 working adults living on the lower floors of apartments in Tokyo.
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web search NEUTRAL — In Focus. Research Centers. Researcher Database.They then linked these characteristics to the self-reported sleep of 1,089 working adults living on the lower floors of apartments in Tokyo, who were mo…
https://www.omu.ac.jp/en/info/research-news/entry-117488.htm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Study leader Daisuke Matsushita, of Osaka Metropolitan University, said: "This study demonstrates the potential for evaluating streetscape characteristics across large geographic areas in a cost-effec…
https://talker.news/2026/08/24/does-the-design-of-the-street…
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web search NEUTRAL — Electric Power Research Institute. Daisuke Matsushita.The code is applied to the large JAEA 10 ampere negative ion source under a Cs-seeded condition to obtain a spatial distribution of surface-produc…
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daisuke-Matsushita-5
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Claim 8: “A study led by Professor Daisuke Matsushita of the Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan analyzed more than 200,000 Google Street View images, using artificial intelligence to assess streetscape features.”
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While the specific AI methodology is detailed in the claims, web search results confirm the study was led by Daisuke Matsushita of Osaka Metropolitan University and analyzed streetscapes to influence sleep.
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web search NEUTRAL — Professors often conduct original research and commonly teach undergraduate, postgraduate, or professional courses in their fields of expertise. In universities with graduate schools, professors may m…
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web search NEUTRAL — After receiving a PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2015, Arday taught physical education at Leeds Beckett and Roehampton, teaching studies at Warwick, and sociology at Durham and Glasgow, …
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web search NEUTRAL — A professor is an accomplished and recognized academic. In most Commonwealth nations, as well as northern Europe, the title professor is the highest academic rank at a university.
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