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Cities may have a soul but they lack a heart (and a brain too). From 2018 through 2020, the NCVS found that the violent-crime rate in urban areas was between
by cscurmudgeon 4y ago
Cities may have a soul but they lack a heart (and a brain too).
From 2018 through 2020, the NCVS found that the violent-crime rate in urban areas was between 29 percent and 42 percent higher than the rate in rural areas
The property-crime rate in urban areas was nearly twice as high in 2021 as in suburban areas (157.5 to 86.8 victimizations per 1,000 households)
https://www.city-journal.org/violent-crime-in-cities-on-the-rise https://www.city-journal.org/violent-crime-in-cities-on-the-...
- dublinben 4y agoCrime is just one of many quality of life factors. Mortality rates are significantly worse in rural areas than urban areas, and the gap is widening. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-in-rural-areas-die-at-higher-rates-than-those-in-urban-areas/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-in-rural-a...
- cscurmudgeon 4y agoThere is a difference between rural areas and suburbs. I don’t see whether the study you linked counts suburbs as urban or as rural. Most studies do urban, suburban or rural. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/05/22/demographic-and-economic-trends-in-urban-suburban-and-rural-communities/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/05/22/demogra... Without that split, claims about suburban communities are hard to separate out.