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This argument falls apart when you compare most major city areas to their surroundings. St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, etc. likely have the same socioeconomic l
by alexk307 5y ago
This argument falls apart when you compare most major city areas to their surroundings. St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, etc. likely have the same socioeconomic levels and population as entire red states (e.g. Baltimore has a higher population than Wyoming).
- giantg2 5y ago"(e.g. Baltimore has a higher population than Wyoming)." Maybe not a great example (not sure the exact argument you're going for) given the murder rate in Baltimore is about 55 and the rate in Wyoming is about 1. I also question if socioeconomic factors are really that similar between the two. A better comparison might be city rates vs the state rate for the stare they are in, like Baltimore at 55 vs MD at 9 (even better if you could exclude Baltimore from the MD stats).