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Old 10-17-2014, 01:38 PM
 
Location: California → Tennessee → Ohio
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Wanna see how dangerous Texas could be....

7 TEXAS CITIES ARE IN TOP 20 IN MURDER PER CAPITA - NYTimes.com

Three other Texas metropolitan areas were among the 10 with the most homicides per 100,000 population: Houston, third, with 28.2, Longview-Marshall, fifth, with 21.6, and San Antonio, 10th, with 18.5.

Three more Texas cities were among the top 20 metropolitan areas in terms of homicide rates: Odessa's sister city of Midland, 13th, with 18.0 homicides per 100,000; Waco, 14th, with 17.9, and Dallas-Fort Worth, 18th, with 15.9.

New York City ranked ninth among metropolitan areas, with 19.1 homicides per 100,000 population. Oil Boom Is Blamed

In Odessa, the murder rate has sharply accelerated since it became No. 1 last year in murders per capita. City and police officials attribute the increase to the oil boom, which attracted transients looking for work, then left them frustrated when the boom turned to bust.

''When the oilfield went dry, a lot of people started leaving, a lot stayed and got mad,'' said Officer Mike McKnight, a spokesman for the Odessa Police Department.

 
Old 10-17-2014, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA - Seattle, WA - Manila, PH
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Is there a reason you linked to a 31 year old article?
 
Old 10-17-2014, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Wanna see how dangerous Texas could be....

7 TEXAS CITIES ARE IN TOP 20 IN MURDER PER CAPITA - NYTimes.com

Three other Texas metropolitan areas were among the 10 with the most homicides per 100,000 population: Houston, third, with 28.2, Longview-Marshall, fifth, with 21.6, and San Antonio, 10th, with 18.5.

Three more Texas cities were among the top 20 metropolitan areas in terms of homicide rates: Odessa's sister city of Midland, 13th, with 18.0 homicides per 100,000; Waco, 14th, with 17.9, and Dallas-Fort Worth, 18th, with 15.9.

New York City ranked ninth among metropolitan areas, with 19.1 homicides per 100,000 population. Oil Boom Is Blamed

In Odessa, the murder rate has sharply accelerated since it became No. 1 last year in murders per capita. City and police officials attribute the increase to the oil boom, which attracted transients looking for work, then left them frustrated when the boom turned to bust.

''When the oilfield went dry, a lot of people started leaving, a lot stayed and got mad,'' said Officer Mike McKnight, a spokesman for the Odessa Police Department.

Did you even check the date on this article? Spt 1983 !
 
Old 10-17-2014, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Tysons Corner, VA by way of TEXAS
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This is an extremely poorly written article. I understand the point they are trying to make, but they throw out a bunch of statistics and start using the words "city" and "metropolitan area" interchangably.

They start off talking about cities like Midland and Odessa (the paragraph prior to your quote), then the next paragraph they switch to metro areas (when talking about Houston and Longview-Marshall), then they switch back to cities but talk about metro areas like Dallas-Ft. Worth (obviously not a city), then finally talk about the NYC metro area as 9th.

A shame that the NYT has fallen so far and I have to go look at the source data to understand exactly the point they are trying to make. How far journalism in this country has fallen is amazing.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Tysons Corner, VA by way of TEXAS
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Did you even check the date on this article? Spt 1983 !
Well that explains it, lol. Poor writing even in 1983.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 02:01 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Just as a more current (2012) comparison, it appears the highest murder rate in Texas is in Dallas (12.4), but it is 23rd in the country. Houston (10.0) is next at 28th in the country.

United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Old 10-17-2014, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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This is an extremely poorly written article. I understand the point they are trying to make, but they throw out a bunch of statistics and start using the words "city" and "metropolitan area" interchangably.

They start off talking about cities like Midland and Odessa (the paragraph prior to your quote), then the next paragraph they switch to metro areas (when talking about Houston and Longview-Marshall), then they switch back to cities but talk about metro areas like Dallas-Ft. Worth (obviously not a city), then finally talk about the NYC metro area as 9th.

A shame that the NYT has fallen so far and I have to go look at the source data to understand exactly the point they are trying to make. How far journalism in this country has fallen is amazing.
The statistics they quote may have been accurate in 1983 but this article has no relevance to todays world. I think the OP is trying to conjecture that if a similar oil bust happens then violent crime rates in Texas could/will mirror those of 1983 and that should make people reconsider living in Texas.... I think?
 
Old 10-17-2014, 02:09 PM
 
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The statistics they quote may have been accurate in 1983 but this article has no relevance to todays world. I think the OP is trying to conjecture that if a similar oil bust happens then violent crime rates in Texas could/will mirror those of 1983 and that should make people reconsider living in Texas.... I think?
Hard to connect those dots, since only Odessa was cited re the oil bust being a possible cause.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 02:09 PM
 
Location: USA
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Yep.

Looks like current stats show California is the winner with the most cities in the top 10.
 
Old 10-17-2014, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Tysons Corner, VA by way of TEXAS
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The statistics they quote may have been accurate in 1983 but this article has no relevance to todays world. I think the OP is trying to conjecture that if a similar oil bust happens then violent crime rates in Texas could/will mirror those of 1983 and that should make people reconsider living in Texas.... I think?
I think - like myself - the OP probably just didn't read or notice the dates.

I also think - unlike myself - the OP probably has a bit of a bone to pick with Texas.
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