• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    The level of paranoia that suburbanites have about density is horrendously upsetting and intentional

    Trying to tell a suburbanite that crime rates have fallen drastically over time is so damn hard

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      6 months ago

      Just look at per capita crime rates. US cities are typically less dangerous than suburban areas.

      New York City has a per capita crime rate of 6.3 per 100,000.

      Huntsville, AL has a crime rate of 387 per 100,000.

      And that difference was actually a huge surprise to me when I just looked it up. But the problem is people look at the raw number of crimes committed and think cities are so dangerous. It’s actually the opposite.

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        6 months ago

        Does that distinguish between violent crime vs property crime? I always heard that violent crime is a little higher in cities, while property crime is a lot higher in suburbs, but I never bothered to fact check because the (dense city) neighborhood I grew up in only had one stabbing in 20 years, so it seemed safe enough…