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Old 10-20-2009, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Miami
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That's because Miami is better than most of the rest. It is only big city crime if you are from a small city.
Well that is all in the eye of the beholder isn't it . I'm from a big city, crime is crime, doesn't matter where some one is from. Small town America which most of this country is, doesn't have crime on the same scale as big cities.
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Old 10-20-2009, 09:28 PM
 
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Most people in the USA live in big cities(over 200k) and the numbers should be higher in the next census:
U.S. Population Living in Urban vs. Rural Areas - Census 2000 Population Statistics - Census Issues - Planning - HEP - FHWA

However I agree, the Miami metropolitan area does have higher crime even when compared to other big cities. Not like the 80's but way above the national average. I think it has to do with having a large part of the population under the poverty level and being a drug port. We have no future.
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Old 10-21-2009, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Downtown Miami
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In 1926 there was maybe one cop here- crime was easier. There was also- the beginning of a depression, no jobs, and maybe 1/10,000th of the amount of people here. So if 1 out of 1000 people get murdered- it looks higher than 1 out of 100,000. In the 1980's there was drug trafficking. Not to mention the huge huge demographic difference (thats the nice way of explaining it) in the population of South Florida- combine that with drugs- thats what caused the crime in the 1980's. Per person- accounting for all that- were still not doing to well.
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