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How is it only associated with socioeconomics when there are plenty of neighborhoods throughout the United States with equivalent socioeconomic status and highly variable crime statistics.
As someone who lives East of the River in DC and as a Black man who knows the culture in cities like DC, Baltimore, Chicago compared to places like Boston, gang/crew culture is the direct answer to this. Cities with high violence have the combination of poor people "AND" extremely dangerous gang/crew culture.
To provide an example, what is the difference between a heavyweight boxer and a welterweight boxer? Well, DC, Chicago, Baltimore are heavyweight boxers and Boston is a welterweight boxer. Both may be boxers, but they deliver a very different level of force.
There’s nothing special about neighborhood boundaries and homicides either. It really depends on what you’re doing with the data. If you’re trying to decide where to move then neighborhood boundaries make more sense. If you’re trying to see which jurisdictions are managing crime better then you probably look at city level.
No offense to you but I think that people preferring neighborhood rates are sometimes really saying that as long as you don’t live “there” you’re fine. And “there” is usually poor and minority and that’s a slippery slope.
No offense taken. I absolutely agree on your take on the bolded sentiment and yes it’s a very slippery slope when it comes to debating the nuances of “why” vs. “what”
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its - possession
it's - contraction of it is
your - possession
you're - contraction of you are
their - possession
they're - contraction of they are
there - referring to a place
loose - opposite of tight
lose - opposite of win
who's - contraction of who is
whose - possession
alot - NOT A WORD
Meanwhile Baltimore is at 223. There was zero homicide for a week between 10/17 and 10/24.
At 12 "only" so far this October, it reminds me of last September when there were only 14 homicides the whole month. Just one of those respite.
At current trend Baltimore will definitely finish the year below 300. A low since 2018 (309), but still well above the pre-Freddie Gray (2015) numbers when Baltimore average around 220 the whole year.
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