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Several of my friends from India who immigrated to some of the bigger cities in the USA (New York, Chicago, LA) have had their first real-life encounters with c
by fareesh 4y ago
Several of my friends from India who immigrated to some of the bigger cities in the USA (New York, Chicago, LA) have had their first real-life encounters with criminals after being alive for 30+ years.
I last visited NYC in the mid-late 2000s. The second time I visited, I remember RNC convention was in Madison Square Garden, close to where I was staying, and there were a bunch of angry, but comparatively civil Democrats outside. The NYPD was handling things and it was extremely well managed. The last time I visited was around 2010, things weren't too different then either.
Compared to the scenes I see on TV and in videos these days - those days seem another era altogether. I watch the great Louis Rossman ride around on his bike and do livestreams quite often. The overall climate has become far more angry/violent, and the cities - particularly NYC, seem to have deteriorated extensively. Anecdotally, crime in general seems to have become a massive problem in US cities.
- azemetre 4y agoThis feels like fear mongering to me. Current crime levels are no where near to what they were during heights of the 80s. It feels like cities are a victim of their own success. If you had prolonged periods of low crime, any sudden increase is going to look “scary.” For example, jumping from 5 muggings to 10 is 100% increase but holistically how do those numbers fare? Turns out very well, but if you were to listen to the media you’d think NYC was some 80s Kurt Russel film.
- Spartan-S63 4y agoAdditionally, suburban and rural crime is rising just as quickly as urban crime. This isn't just an urban problem or an argument that dense cities are bad. It's simply that crime is rising in this time of social and economic uncertainty coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- google234123 4y agoI would say fear mongering is worth it if it helps reduce crime. There is now a large swath of people (many of them politicians and prosecutors) that seem to care and talk more about criminals than the actual victims.