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You can't really compare cities to entire countries unless those countries are city-sized. For example, while Brazil has a per capita homicide rate of ~23 per
by true_religion 13y ago
You can't really compare cities to entire countries unless those countries are city-sized.
For example, while Brazil has a per capita homicide rate of ~23 per 100,000 the state of Alagoas has a homicide rate of 60.3, and the Federal District has one of 34.1.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_murder_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_mur...
- astrodust 13y agoSome of those countries aren't all that big. Dominica is about on par with Washington D.C. and has a population 1/10th the size in an area only a few times bigger. Sure, parts of Brazil are a war-zone, as are parts of Mexico in the bitter battle over drugs, but that just skews the average up for the rest of the country, meaning Washington D.C. is worse than many parts of Brazil. To start splitting hairs, I bet there's parts of Washington D.C. that are on par with the worst parts of Brazil.