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2,756 murders for Ciudad Juarez as of November 9. By some estimates, 150,000 to 250,000 people have left the city in the past year. I would figure that its current population is more like 1.3 million.
Also during the first week of November, the state of Sinaloa (pop 2.6 million) passed the 2,000 murder mark and the state of Durango (pop 1.5 million) passed the 800 murder mark.
2,756 murders for Ciudad Juarez as of November 9. By some estimates, 150,000 to 250,000 people have left the city in the past year. I would figure that its current population is more like 1.3 million.
If this rate keeps up for the next 5 yrs. the population might be around 500,000 by then. Damn, narco-terrorism at our doorstep. Not good.
Also during the first week of November, the state of Sinaloa (pop 2.6 million) passed the 2,000 murder mark and the state of Durango (pop 1.5 million) passed the 800 murder mark.
Frsno where do you get these stats from?
My family is from Durango.
I'd like to keep informed.
that city must be really small to be deadly with 9 murders.
Or just depends on what normally trends in a city like that.
I grew up south of Cedar Rapids with 200,000 people in the metro. 9 murders in less than one year and people would have been in full panic as if the world was ending.
If we even got 1 murder a year in my metro of 100,000 it was HUGE news for weeks. I think there were 8 murders a few years ago (5 of them were a wealthy banker who offed his entire family), and people acted like they should just bury the town and start over.
It's all relative. Des Moines metro had 5 murders a few years ago for 550,000 people. Some metros of similar size see over 10 times that amount in a single year.
Or just depends on what normally trends in a city like that.
I grew up south of Cedar Rapids with 200,000 people in the metro. 9 murders in less than one year and people would have been in full panic as if the world was ending.
If we even got 1 murder a year in my metro of 100,000 it was HUGE news for weeks. I think there were 8 murders a few years ago (5 of them were a wealthy banker who offed his entire family), and people acted like they should just bury the town and start over.
It's all relative. Des Moines metro had 5 murders a few years ago for 550,000 people. Some metros of similar size see over 10 times that amount in a single year.
makes sense. You are right some people do over react when such things happen.
^ or not even overreacting - there are just different "norms" in different areas.
Des Moines Iowa averages 10 homicides in a metro of 565,000 people. Jackson Mississippi averages around 45 for 540,000 people.
Madison Wisconsin gets around 15 for 570,000 people. Mobile, Alabama saw 40 for 370,000 people. Cedar Rapids saw 1 homicide as opposed to 23 in Macon, GA - and Cedar Rapids has over 20,000 more people.
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