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t's not the content of what you are saying that he has an issue with, it's the neuroticism of how frequently you bring it up. You're essentially beating a dead horse for the sake of beating it lol
It is the content, but if you keep making statements about Baltimore being larger than St. Louis when the MSAs are the size, or displaying some odd complex about simple facts about the place, then it says more about you. If you can't handle the truth, then just say so, and don't blame me.
It is the content, but if you keep making statements about Baltimore being larger than St. Louis when the MSAs are the size, or displaying some odd complex about simple facts about the place, then it says more about you.
Since you want to go there
Baltimore's connected urban area is 30% denser. Baltimore proper has twice as many people than St. Louis proper in relatively the same amount of usable space. Baltimore has a 20% larger GDP with the same MSA and does all that using 1/3rd of the physical space. Hell I'll even let you use the inevitable "well its close to DC" argument. Guess what? Government (which includes enterprises & contracting) comprises something like 18-19% the metro's GDP.
You could take away the entire government sector and Baltimore's metro would still statistically be larger than St. Louis by GDP
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Originally Posted by TheseGoTo11
IIf you can't handle the truth, then just say so, and don't blame me.
Your entire response holds zero relevance to the topic at hand as it's about about murder rates, not city/metro size. The fact that you brought up an entirely different topic pertaining to Baltimore shows everyone you do have an axe to grind.
St. Louis is the more dangerous city by statistics, Baltimore is the more dangerous city in real world... we all know this.
These are numbers and facts. If they disturb you, then you need to deal with whatever personal issues you have. Pay closer attention if you want to debate other cities.
I figured I'd get some sort of oblique "No, I'm choosing to focus on Baltimore and ignoring other cities with higher or comparable homicide rates," but it can't hurt to ask.
I figured I'd get some sort of oblique "No, I'm choosing to focus on Baltimore and ignoring other cities with higher or comparable homicide rates," but it can't hurt to ask.
To be fair, there really aren't a lot of places with higher murder rates than Baltimore. But I agree that the few that do ought to be talked about.
To be fair, there really aren't a lot of places with higher murder rates than Baltimore. But I agree that the few that do ought to be talked about.
Agree on both fronts..
That being said major cities as a whole have nothing to brag about when we have individual cities that put out more murders than full on countries like the UK, Italy, Japan, Spain or Australia.
You could take away the entire government sector and Baltimore's metro would still statistically be larger than St. Louis by GDP
We're not talking GDP here, but you seem to have some kind of inferiority complex about Baltimore, and every time a simple fact about its homicide rate is brought up, or its distribution, you try to change the topic.
No one here gets so worked up when simple stats about St. Louis, DC, New Orleans, or Detroit are posted. You seem to have a real issue with the truth.
I figured I'd get some sort of oblique "No, I'm choosing to focus on Baltimore and ignoring other cities with higher or comparable homicide rates," but it can't hurt to ask.
Why are you so defensive about Baltimore's homicide rate? It's a statistic. Plenty gets posted here about St. Louis, DC, New Orleans, etc without the silly responses. If you can't handle seeing the numbers as they come in, then don't participate in this thread.
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