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Wilmington 12/16.68
New Orleans 42/10.78
Gary 8/10.37
Baltimore 60/9.65
Birmingham 19/8.94
Richmond 15/6.81
Hartford 8/6.45
Buffalo 15/5.79
Memphis 35/5.34
Kansas City 25/5.26
Detroit 34/5.02
Chicago 118/4.33
Toledo 11/3.93
Philadelphia 58/3.70
Milwaukee 21/3.49
Oakland 14/3.35
Louisville 20/3.25
Washington 21/3.12
Jacksonville 27/3.11
Tulsa 11/2.73
Albuquerque 15/2.68
Indianapolis 22/2.58
Columbus 21/2.47
Houston 56/2.44
Oklahoma City 14/2.22
Lexington 6/1.91
Las Vegas 33/1.56*
San Francisco 11/1.28
Los Angeles 46/1.16
Boston 6/0.90
New York 44/0.52
San Jose 5/0.49
*All of Clark County
St. Louis should come in tomorrow. Was at 31/9.82 on the 7th.
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Wilmington 12/16.68
New Orleans 42/10.78
Gary 8/10.37
Baltimore 60/9.65
Birmingham 19/8.94
Richmond 15/6.81
Hartford 8/6.45
Buffalo 15/5.79
Memphis 35/5.34
Kansas City 25/5.26
Detroit 34/5.02
Chicago 118/4.33
Toledo 11/3.93
Philadelphia 58/3.70
Milwaukee 21/3.49
Oakland 14/3.35
Louisville 20/3.25
Washington 21/3.12
Jacksonville 27/3.11
Tulsa 11/2.73
Albuquerque 15/2.68
Indianapolis 22/2.58
Columbus 21/2.47
Houston 56/2.44
Oklahoma City 14/2.22
Lexington 6/1.91
Las Vegas 33/1.56*
San Francisco 11/1.28
Los Angeles 46/1.16
Boston 6/0.90
New York 44/0.52
San Jose 5/0.49
*All of Clark County
St. Louis should come in tomorrow. Was at 31/9.82 on the 7th.
Like you normally would. So basically if a city has a murder rate of 7.0/100k in the first two months, assuming rates stay the same, the city would have a projected murder rate of 42/100k by the end of the year. NOLA already being over 10/100k is CRAZY. If things stay the same, they may eclipse 60/100k by the end of the year.
Anyways, Atlanta is currently at 15 murders.
EDIT: Also those rates are using July 2015 population numbers so faster growing cities should see a slightly lower rate than what that post shows.
This year looks much better than last year up to this point. Is that what is going on? Was last year just a freak bad year in the grand scheme of things?
This year looks much better than last year up to this point. Is that what is going on? Was last year just a freak bad year in the grand scheme of things?
One thing we know is that if murder rates start dropping this year, Trump will take full credit. We will see though.
Also, New York's murder rate is insanely low. NYC may actually get below 3/100k this year. Amazing that a city that has a relatively large underclass has murder rates as low as San Jose.
One thing we know is that if murder rates start dropping this year, Trump will take full credit. We will see though.
Also, New York's murder rate is insanely low. NYC may actually get below 3/100k this year. Amazing that a city that has a relatively large underclass has murder rates as low as San Jose.
I think it is amazing in general, not just for New York, but it also paves a direction for other major cities in the United States to follow.
Like my dad told me at a really young age, there are three things that destroy a city's reputation and image both nationally and especially globally to a significant extent;
1. Crime (in particular murders): Sure, there's the theory that crime is concentrated in "pockets" of the city and is not widespread all over. The difference is that people in high crime cities still have to explain themselves, they still have to talk and explain themselves and explain to outsiders that what they're seeing is not the full story. There's also the guarantee that outsiders, depending on whom, may not believe them, I mean, not many people would. The people in low crime cities? They never have to say a word, they never have to defend their city against things like that. It is automatic for them. When murders happen in the same neighborhood year-after-year, it also has an averse effect on real-estate pricing in that neighborhood, people tend to lose their investment and their property's valuations plunge because of a social factor like crime which could have been negated from the start with proper leadership and security.
2. Population decline: When people see exodus and population decline, the first thing they think is that there is something wrong with the place. Similar to crime, people that live in population declining cities have to once again explain themselves, whereas people that don't live in declining cities don't ever have to say a word. It is called stigma, it tends to stick, especially when people determine that there is something wrong with a place and that is why it is declining.
3. Job market: If people cannot find adequate work or thrive in a particular community, there is often backlash and created stigma that comes from it. Take a look at Las Vegas after the Great Recession and all you would hear is "the wages here are low, work is hard to find, lots of companies are going bankrupt" and from the outside looking in, it does look bad, even if in reality it isn't as bad as it looks. Again, stigma.
On the outside, people really only see success and failure in the grand scheme of things.
It likely sucks for cities that have to deal with all three of those things happening to them all at the same time. Talk about an image and reputation being completely destroyed and decimated to the nth degree. Honestly though, if a city is going through all three of those things, hard to feel bad for them when their leadership has proven to be directionless. The people of the city, in general, failed the city when they elected directionless leaders to take the helm. Hard to feel bad for them when circumstances are paved down that road from the people themselves.
Des Moines has its 9th murder today, this is at a rate much faster than any recent previous years. It is also unusual because the murders are all scattered around the city and not concentrated in a few areas. They also seem to have no connections with each other.
Also, is Boston's North Shore having more murders than Boston itself this year?
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