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The short version is that it isn't. You just hear about the worst parts. There are still plenty of fully functional cities and towns and the crime rate is still
by compiler-guy 4y ago
The short version is that it isn't. You just hear about the worst parts. There are still plenty of fully functional cities and towns and the crime rate is still quite low by historical standards.
Definitely has its problems, but the availability heuristic makes things seem worse than they are.
- TameAntelope 4y agoYeah, this is definitely a real problem. I live in semi-rural America, and I have literally never in my life even seen a gun fire before. I used to live in DC, for six years, and I was never robbed, accosted, or even made to feel unsafe, and I had on multiple occasions walked miles home from a bar after closing. It was a downright pleasant way to get home if I didn’t need to be up the next morning. America the country is basically nothing like America shown on TV. It’s just too big and complex to explain in a soundbyte.