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The most violent cities in America are all blue cities. https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-violent-cities-in-america https://worldpopulati

The most violent cities in America are all blue cities. https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-violent-cities-in-america https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-viol...

theironhammer 3y ago
And most of that is done by drug dealers fighting over turf. The shootings are highly concentrated in certain geographic areas.
m0ped 3y ago
Most cities are blue cities
mikeryan 3y ago
Shit. Your own source disproves that if you use the most recent data https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-us https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-dang... Take off the minimum population requirement of 100k residents and the most dangerous metro areas are all small, rural conservative towns. https://www.statista.com/statistics/433603/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-violent-crime-rate/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/433603/us-metropolitan-a...
- alephnerd 3y ago
  Most of those cities on the less than 100k list have Dems in government as well, but imo this isn't a Dem-GOP issue and more of a "urban" versus "rural" issue - specifically these are all cities that have been left behind due to an oversized population of minorities (eg. Anchorage+Fairbanks for Native Americans, Memphis+Pine Bluffs+Monroe+Alexandria+Little Rock for African Americans, ABQ+Lubbock for Latino Americans) and severely deindustrialized (eg. Memphis, ABQ, Lubbock, Little Rock, Danville) due to bipartisan support of globalization in the 1990s and the collapse of the energy sector in the 1990s-2000s
CapstanRoller 3y ago
>muh red cities >muh blue cities >deflecting from the larger point and arguing about team colors It's all so tiresome.
- Incipient 3y ago
  It's not only tiresome, it's unproductive. Why it's the case is probably for a whole host of reasons - generally poor education, media, cultural.
red-iron-pine 3y ago
Virtually all large cities in the US are blue, even in otherwise rabidly red states.

theironhammer 3y ago

And most of that is done by drug dealers fighting over turf. The shootings are highly concentrated in certain geographic areas.

m0ped 3y ago

Most cities are blue cities

mikeryan 3y ago

Shit. Your own source disproves that if you use the most recent data https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-us https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-dang... Take off the minimum population requirement of 100k residents and the most dangerous metro areas are all small, rural conservative towns. https://www.statista.com/statistics/433603/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-violent-crime-rate/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/433603/us-metropolitan-a...

alephnerd 3y ago
Most of those cities on the less than 100k list have Dems in government as well, but imo this isn't a Dem-GOP issue and more of a "urban" versus "rural" issue - specifically these are all cities that have been left behind due to an oversized population of minorities (eg. Anchorage+Fairbanks for Native Americans, Memphis+Pine Bluffs+Monroe+Alexandria+Little Rock for African Americans, ABQ+Lubbock for Latino Americans) and severely deindustrialized (eg. Memphis, ABQ, Lubbock, Little Rock, Danville) due to bipartisan support of globalization in the 1990s and the collapse of the energy sector in the 1990s-2000s

CapstanRoller 3y ago

>muh red cities >muh blue cities >deflecting from the larger point and arguing about team colors It's all so tiresome.

Incipient 3y ago
It's not only tiresome, it's unproductive. Why it's the case is probably for a whole host of reasons - generally poor education, media, cultural.

red-iron-pine 3y ago

Virtually all large cities in the US are blue, even in otherwise rabidly red states.