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> a local rapper with a bunch of guns started patrolling the streets at night, some kids got shot, some murals got painted, parts of a field got torn up to mak
by cookie_monsta 4y ago
> a local rapper with a bunch of guns started patrolling the streets at night, some kids got shot, some murals got painted, parts of a field got torn up to make a crappy community garden.
I'm sorry if I'm falling victim to the media stereotypes about your country, but this doesn't sound all that different from the regular news that the rest of the world gets about it.
Well, that thing about the community garden was kind of novel, but unlikely to make headlines outside of a neighborhood watch newsletter.
- codekansas 4y agoHonestly this gave me a good chuckle. There was a recent rerun on the Freakonomics podcast about American hyperindividualism and how it leads to us having an unusually high rate of violent crime, which is definitely something I saw play out. Like if CHAZ had happened in Japan (which would have been pretty weird from the premise) it probably wouldn’t have ended with a bunch of shootings and turf wars
- the_omegist 4y agoMilitia of random crazy people with guns "owning" a large urban zone is "what you hear usually" ? You just focus on the gun problem here, not on the overall picture...
- cookie_monsta 4y ago> Militia of random crazy people with guns "owning" a large urban zone is "what you hear usually" ? No. What gave you that impression? > You just focus on the gun problem here, not on the overall picture... I know. I have visited a few times. It's a nice place if you can ignore all the murder that is going on...