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Being honest, this is 100% in big cities, but in the countryside it doesn't hold. A lot of cities between 100k-300k are pretty safe to live, people with gates l
by Xunjin 2y ago
Being honest, this is 100% in big cities, but in the countryside it doesn't hold. A lot of cities between 100k-300k are pretty safe to live, people with gates leaves them open, even leave their cars entire open while getting a beer inside the house (all unlocked).
- namaria 2y agoMost of the 50 most violent cities in Brazil aren't even the biggest in their State. The top 3 are all between 100 thousand and 150 thousand inhabitants. They all have homicide rates that are 2x to 4x as much as the national average. By comparison, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are much, much safer. https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2023/07/20/anuario-veja-lista-com-as-50-cidades-mais-violentas-do-brasil.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2023/07/20/anuario...
- lostlogin 2y agoReading down the list, I’m not sure the US is doing much better than Brazil. Mexico is stand out terrible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rat...
- namaria 2y agoThis list does not have the latest data from Brazilian cities. The Brazilian list I linked has dozens of Brazilian cities with a homicide rate of around 80 per 100.000.
- parasubvert 2y agoNew York City is one of the largest and safest places to live.
- Grazester 2y agoAs someone who had a broken lock on their outer front door for a very long time, I could attest to this.
- Frieren 2y ago> this is 100% in big cities Comparing Brazil with Mexico with Madrid with Tokyo and coming to the conclusion that "is all the same" seems farfetched. Policies that see "the poor" as the problem instead "poverty" create violent dystopian cities. Good policy works and make big cities great places to live. Reducing inequality, giving good safety nets to citizens, treating drug addiction as a disease, etc. make a difference. Not 100% of big cities are the same.
- DeathArrow 2y agoIt works wonders in San Francisco, doesn't it?
- Frieren 2y agoI am not American, so I could be wrong, but is San Francisco a good example of a city with low inequality? My understanding is that the opposite is true.
- lostlogin 2y agoI read the parent comment as being sarcastic.
- DeathArrow 2y agoNeither am I. I just wanted to point out that the policies suggested in the parent comment didn't work out.
- crazygringo 2y agoI think they meant big cities in Brazil vs the countryside in Brazil. Not big cities across the world.
- Xunjin 2y agoYes, I meant in Brazil. Off-topic: I really need to add more context to my replies without considering the parent comment, it's not the first time that caused confusion.