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Off-topic, but these kind of conversations based on anec-data pop up here and in my social circles quite a bit, but it seems like they're often pretty sparse as
by tbrockman 3y ago
Off-topic, but these kind of conversations based on anec-data pop up here and in my social circles quite a bit, but it seems like they're often pretty sparse as far as the quantitative side of things are concerned.
Does anyone know what the actual data suggests here? Are there any projects that make this data more discoverable and consumable for regular people, so that we can all have more well-informed discussions (assuming the data is as unbiased as possible) about what the real problems are, how bad they've gotten, and how bad they are relative to other things?
- antisthenes 3y agoFor quantitative data, I think we should be looking at store closures. How many stores closed in a city in a given time period? Is it more or less than other comparable cities? You have to normalize this data by population. I think individual thefts are just that - anecdata, which sways one way or another too far in any given time period. But something like stores/pharmacies, where systematic theft can occur would be a better indicator
- swalling 3y agoThe actual data is that SF has unusually higher rates of property crime compared to other major cities. https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/fixing-san-francisco-problems/crime https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/fixing-san-francis...
- tbrockman 3y agoThanks for this! This has been really great to look through. Homelessness in the city consistently increasing definitely matches my perception. Interesting that motor vehicle theft in the city continued to stay so high even after the first wave of the pandemic.