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> it's pretty safe too if London's latest murder spree hasn't convinced you yet The London murder rate is projected to be 180 this year, about 2 per 100k Rio'

• mavdi 9y ago
  That statistic in skewed because most of the murders happen in the favelas within drug gangs. City areas are ripe with petty crime but murder is perhaps as widely seen as London. Plus... it's not infested with security cameras.
  • isostatic 9y ago
    On the other hand London's figures are skewed by gangs. If you remove the 15-25 year olds that hang out with gang members, the murder rate is far lower.
  • dragonwriter 9y ago
    > That statistic in skewed because most of the murders happen in the favelas within drug gangs But that (with “favela” replaced with he appropriate local term for underclass neighborhoods) is true pretty much every city everywhere. > City areas are ripe with petty crime but murder is perhaps as widely seen as London. Yes, but “if you exclude our underclass neighborhoods, our murder rate is the same as City X including it's underclass neighborhoods” is not making the argument you seem to think it is.
    • isostatic 9y ago
      Some cities are dangerous in the posh neighbourhoods -- I wouldn't want to live in Johannesburg, where things like this [1] happen Not something that happens in London, or New York, or St Louis or even Rio and Sao Paulo. [1] http://www.eutimes.net/2012/07/south-african-family-dies-in-horrible-massacre-and-torture-home-invasion/ http://www.eutimes.net/2012/07/south-african-family-dies-in-...