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In other news, Petersburg continues to add to its record-setting year. The city had two last night, bringing it's current total to 17, for a murder rate of 51.51; essentially the same thing happening in Baltimore is happening in Petersburg on a smaller scale, as they both have equal homicide rates. This is amazing to me, because when I was growing up, Petersburg averaged between 6-8 murders annually; it was always a little rough, but never had over 9 murders in my adolescence. The crazy thing is the city seemed to be turning a corner in recent years, but the homicide rate has consistently increased, as Richmond's has gone down...
Meanwhile, Portsmouth is nowhere near its record but it's 19/19.80 is the most it's had in a good while out in the Tidewater...
Baltimore recorded its 325th homicide. That's an insane amount.
That number adjusted to population is the highest murder rate ever recorded in Baltimore at 52 per ,100,000. The previous high was 48 per 100,000 in 1993 when 353 murders were recorded with a larger population.
I wonder what is wrong in Killeen? 20 homicides for Killeen and 25 for Austin and about a 700,000 population difference.
Killeen sits next to Fort Hood one of the largest military bases in the world. Military towns have a higher crime rate. Killeen also has major drug trafficking issues for a city it's size. From the cartels bringing drugs to soldiers bringing illegal drugs as well. After Katrina until 2007 Killeen was the burglary capital of Texas. It had more break ins per capita than Dallas and Houston.
Small to mid-sized military towns are generally, for whatever reasons, garbage. Maybe its due to the transient nature of them. Noone takes ownership (cares) of the well-being of the city or those who live there.
Small to mid-sized military towns are generally, for whatever reasons, garbage. Maybe its due to the transient nature of them. Noone takes ownership (cares) of the well-being of the city or those who live there.
I think towns that are 50-200k in population would be in the worst position since they're big enough to be drug hubs, but not quite big enough to inspire revitalization
Alotta dudes from Dallas and Houston, even out of state hustle in Austin and Killeen
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