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Source? Not that I dont believe you but that seems awfully high even for a city as poorly run and blughted as Philadelphia
It's honestly a lot more complex than blight and how the city is run (which is better than it gets credit for). That's the Fox News headline explanation.
Without digressing too much, it very much comes down to political leadership, or lack thereof, which unfortunately is highly intertwined with some very controversial approaches to law enforcement and incarceration at the national level.
It's the same situation that's unfolded in many cities across the US at the moment, but unfortunately the situation has become particularly acute in Philly at the moment. And sadly, it's impacting overwhelmingly the same predictable neighborhoods.
It's honestly a lot more complex than blight and how the city is run (which is better than it gets credit for). That's the Fox News headline explanation.
Without digressing too much, it very much comes down to political leadership, or lack thereof, which unfortunately is highly intertwined with some very controversial approaches to law enforcement and incarceration at the national level.
It's the same situation that's unfolded in many cities across the US at the moment, but unfortunately the situation has become particularly acute in Philly at the moment. And sadly, it's impacting overwhelmingly the same predictable neighborhoods.
I think a major problem is there is a real decent sized constituency that doesn’t care.
Lot of wealthy white liberals who move in pretend crime is actually a conservative propaganda campaign and not a real issue. While there is also a decent sized group of people who believe it’s a natural trade off of living in a city and a third group that thinks it just makes them tough to live in a high crime area.
Chicago has 22 homicides
19. The death of a young child over the weekend in the Cabrini gardens ruled a homicide
20. A woman who was shot in Marquette Park died of her injuries
21. Shooting death in Auburn Gresham
22. A young teenager shot in Noble Square has died of his injuries
Let's hope that Chicago can go days without homicides since bitter cold is going to impact the Region.
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