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Note that crime in the US overall has gone wayyyy down since you were likely a kid. We're at Leave It To Beaver levels.
by caturopath 5y ago
Note that crime in the US overall has gone wayyyy down since you were likely a kid. We're at Leave It To Beaver levels.
- spiritplumber 5y agoAnd yet a lot of people think that it's gone up because of skewed reporting.
- croes 5y agoDepends on the state where you live. If you live in New Mexico it doesn't matter if the crime rate in Mew York goes down. https://www.safehome.org/resources/crime-statistics-by-state/ https://www.safehome.org/resources/crime-statistics-by-state...
- croes 5y agoOverall yes, single states no. https://www.safehome.org/resources/crime-statistics-by-state/ https://www.safehome.org/resources/crime-statistics-by-state...
- reaperducer 5y agoYou should try to find something more .gov to link to for statistics, rather than a PR company that flogs home security systems and devices.
- PhantomGremlin 5y agoHow about this, from the Portland, Oregon police dept .gov domain: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/81203 https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/81203 January 2019, 32 shootings January 2020, 50 shootings January 2021, 104 shootings Lots of restless gang-bangers in Portland. It doesn't help that Portland de-funded the gang enforcement team a while ago. It also doesn't help that some are agitating to abolish the police entirely. Now Portland is making a big deal of getting FBI and state help to deal with this growing problem. Yes, it's an anecdote, but you can find many similar anecdotes from all around the country.