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That's just dumb. You're way more likely to get murdered in rural areas, thanks to poverty and the opioid epidemic. https://www.governing.com/topics/public-jus
by Eric_WVGG 7y ago
That's just dumb. You're way more likely to get murdered in rural areas, thanks to poverty and the opioid epidemic.
https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-crime-rural-urban-cities.html https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-c...
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/youre-more-likely-die-violent-death-rural-america-city/6312/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/youre-more-likely-die...
also farm machinery, weather and flooding, animal attacks
Suburbs are worse too because of car culture. Public transit, walkability, urban speed limits > freeway-connected suburbs and dependency on cars.
- rayiner 7y agoThis hypothetical hipster’s alternative to living in downtown Portland isn’t to live in some meth-overrun rural county in eastern Oregon. I’m thinking more like Beaverton.
- Eric_WVGG 7y agoBeaverton is a far worse place to live than a city. Car culture. (I lived in Portland for seven years, my sister has been in Beaverton for 20, so I'm well-acquainted with it.) https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/06/07/cul-de-sacs-are-killing-us-public-safety-lessons-from-suburbia/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/06/07/cul-de-sacs-are-killi...
- ajmurmann 7y agoAs someone who lives in Beaverton I'd bet that the risk of my daily car commute heavily outweighs the risk of murder downtown. I tried running home a few times and it's remarkable how inconsistent sidewalks are. I don't actually have numbers though.