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Whenever I see a story with a large scary number with zero context, I assume it's agenda-driven bullshit designed to deceive. For example, in NYC there were 38
by panarky 3y ago
Whenever I see a story with a large scary number with zero context, I assume it's agenda-driven bullshit designed to deceive.
For example, in NYC there were 386 homicides last year, more than one per day! What a hazardous hellhole!
But the in population context (per 100,000) shows that NYC is one of the safest US cities big or small.
And in historical context (compared with the prior year or with decades ago), and you'll see it's not only very safe, it's safer than it used to be.