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I get my information about dangerous public spaces with my eyes, ears, and memory that it used to be safer very recently.

• chaps 1y ago
  Confirmation bias is a savory drug, friend.
  • hexis 1y ago
    There is a big difference between confirmation and confirmation bias.
    • supplied_demand 1y ago
      The difference is that confirmation requires evidence. If you had any evidence you would have provided it.
    • tptacek 1y ago
      You've been disconfirmed already!
      • hexis 1y ago
        And yet it moves.
        • tptacek 1y ago
          Given the data you're up against you're doing more of a flat Earth thing here.
          • hexis 1y ago
            I appreciate your political commitments and I understand how that makes this topic unproductive for us to discuss.
• lapetitejort 1y ago
  Write a peer reviewed paper with facts and figures
  • hexis 1y ago
    Unreasonable standard for reaching conclusions, I suspect if you thought about it, you would agree.
    • chaps 1y ago
      Vibes are also an unreasonable standard. :)
      • hexis 1y ago
        Vibes and observations are very different. I am judging by my direct experience.
• supplied_demand 1y ago
  Chicago has had fewer shootings this year than any time in at least a decade. There are plenty of news articles on it if you care to read up. Those of us who actually live here can visibly notice the difference. [0] https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/11/shootings-homicides-chicago-both-down-more-30-through-first-half-2025-police https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/11/shootings-homicides-chicago... [1] https://chicagocrusader.com/violent-crime-in-chicago-sees-biggest-decline-in-a-decade/ https://chicagocrusader.com/violent-crime-in-chicago-sees-bi... [2] https://www.wbez.org/cpd/2025/05/01/chicago-hasnt-seen-an-april-with-fewer-murders-since-1962 https://www.wbez.org/cpd/2025/05/01/chicago-hasnt-seen-an-ap...