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The "crime is skyrocketing" argument is a bad one. It's an increase, true, but the absolute value remains low. Florida cites 5-15% increases in some cities.
by gammarator 9y ago
The "crime is skyrocketing" argument is a bad one. It's an increase, true, but the absolute value remains low.
Florida cites 5-15% increases in some cities. That's like returning to the terribly violent year of... 2010 or so?
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-19/chicago-drives-uptick-in-murders-national-crime-rate-stays-near-historic-lows https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-19/chicago-driv...
We're still 300% below the violent crime rate in the early 90s.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- chrisseaton 9y agoWhat is 300% below? I'd say 50% below a figure is half that figure. So what is 100% below it? Zero presumably? And 300% below?
- merraksh 9y agoMaybe GP meant that a is 300% smaller than b when b is 300% larger than a, i.e. b = (1 + 3)a and hence a = b/4.
- chrisseaton 9y agoBy that argument '50% below 1000' is 667! That doesn't seem right.