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Old 04-07-2014, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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They are lies only if misinterpreted or misapplied.
Stats can always be misapplied to make the the applier look better.
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Old 04-07-2014, 12:44 PM
 
Location: Atlanta (Finally on 4-1-17)
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Crime dropped. Shouldn't we be happy and not picking apart the stats.
Did you forget this is the Atlanta forum?
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Old 04-07-2014, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Did you forget this is the Atlanta forum?
I did, I thought this is a place to have civilized conversations.
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Old 04-08-2014, 01:58 PM
 
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What are the crime stats for the metro area (not just the COA)? Is crime going up or down?
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Old 04-08-2014, 02:30 PM
 
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What are the crime stats for the metro area (not just the COA)? Is crime going up or down?
Given that crime is down 14% nationally in the same time period (compared to CoA's 33% drop) means that crime is probably down metro-wide too. Just not as much as the city.
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Old 04-08-2014, 07:07 PM
 
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More than likely a lot of that crime simply moved out of Atlanta into the suburbs when the projects were all demolished in the city.
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