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The facts you posted are interesting; thank you. But I don't follow your point. Why would the parent "Get the F Out" of Texas if the murder rate is both low an
by chmod600 5y ago
The facts you posted are interesting; thank you.
But I don't follow your point. Why would the parent "Get the F Out" of Texas if the murder rate is both low and comparable to the most obvious alternative?
- oliwarner 5y agoOkay, maybe I didn't get your point. You introduced CA into this, but igetspam didn't say GTFOTX-and-go-to-CA. I see that you're using it because lots of people do look at the two states as two options for setting up shop. I guess I was really pointing out that parts of CA has much bigger problems that make it ill-advised to compare state-for-state. Maybe that's unfair but they're both pretty colossal states. And there are other options. Portland, Seattle, etc.
- chmod600 5y agoI should have put it as "Texas is in the middle of the pack in the US". But there are at least a couple ways that could be challenged as well: (a) middle of a list of states is not the same as having equal populations above and below; (b) it raises the question of whether the U.S. murder rate is a reasonable benchmark. On HN, really anything is subject to some kind of challenge. I like comparing the two states because they are both big (and therefore not as subject to cherry-picking) and have fairly different governing philosophies. At the end of the day, you don't choose a state based on minimizing your chances of lightning strikes. You stop climbing trees in the middle of a thunderstorm and you forget about it. Maybe you'd choose specific cities or areas, but state is kind of ridiculous.