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Chart of the greatest and most remarkable achievement in human history
- 11thEarlOfMar 13y agoIt's great to see these unsung accomplishments. This one is surprising, and seeing the $1/day as a benchmark (you can live at a much higher level than that in the US and still be poverty-stricken) the trend is pretty spectacular, perhaps more-so than the reduction in crime in Chicago and New York. Chicago: Lowest homicide rate since 1965: http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/28/graphic-analysis-of-2013-chicago-homicides/ http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/28/graphic-analysis-of... New York: Lowest homicide rate since 1962: http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/number-of-murders-in-nyc-dips-to-1950s-level-1.6148387 http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/number-of-murders-in-ny...