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Sure, and the same anecdotes hold in Manhattan. I've had friends robbed at knifepoint in the Upper West Side, I've seen phone jackings at 1pm in front of Griste
by santaclaus 9y ago
Sure, and the same anecdotes hold in Manhattan. I've had friends robbed at knifepoint in the Upper West Side, I've seen phone jackings at 1pm in front of Gristedes in the Upper East Side. Hell, my brother's roommate in Harlem was clocked with a baseball bat in the head while leaving his apartment and subsequently robbed blind.
By and large NYC and San Francisco are both very safe cites in the grand scheme of things. (Unless you are a car window in San Francisco. Then you are screwed).
- dawhizkid 9y agoor if you are on BART are terrorized by a gang of teens https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/11/25/group-of-teens-strikes-again-in-bart-cellphone-snatching-thefts/ https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/11/25/group-of-teens-strik...
- santaclaus 9y agoSure, and groups of teens in NYC have been sucker punching random people on the streets for a few years now. [1] [1] http://www.newsweek.com/new-yorkers-are-getting-sucker-punched-face-thanks-knockout-game-695513 http://www.newsweek.com/new-yorkers-are-getting-sucker-punch...
- smachiz 9y agoSure - NYC isn't crime free. But you're ignoring the actual data that shows the prevalence per capita to be substantially lower than SF.
- santaclaus 9y agoI never said San Francisco was safer than NYC, but even looking at those statistics they are mostly comparable in terms of violent crimes (notice that I did say your car is much more likely to get burgled in San Francisco), and the rate of aggravated assault is higher in that study in NYC. My point is that that both San Francisco and NYC are by and large safe cities by American city standards.
- smachiz 9y agoLook at the crime stats: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/public_safety/crime-selectcities.htm http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/public_safety/crime-selec... In 2014 (NYC has only gotten better), SF is substantially worse by virtually every measure - some metrics over 3x worse per capita. Trying to equate them - or even consider them similar - is generally dishonest.
- korzun 9y agoI grew up in Brooklyn. Still live here. You are most likely a transplant because all of the borough's are extremely safe now. It's kind of ridiculous how much safer it got. No offense.