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Old 01-02-2020, 02:22 PM
 
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No sheep is safe in some of these red States, especially New Years night.
It depends on what places you go to. St. Louis is a blue city in a red state (Missouri is a very Republican state). So is Austin, Texas. Austin isn't headlining for any violence on New Years Day. Austin is basically as liberal as they come, and it has a very low murder rate. Austin is probably at 1 million people already and gets at more 35 murders in a year (about 3 murders a month). St. Louis has had a very high murder rate for years, and just keeps getting worse.

Virginia is a bluish/purple state. Virginia's most murderous large city, Richmond, is far less violent than St. Louis. It was a murderous city at one point, but it's improved alot. Atlanta,GA has seen a big drop in its murder rate over the last decade. Baltimore, on the other hand, keeps getting worse. I think it's important to look at every city individually. And look at every state individually. Consider this. Missouri is about 11% Black, and a red state. Virginia is close to 20% Black, and a bluish-purple state. Virginia is doing much better in terms of murder rates, violent crime rates, than Missouri. Virginia's worst large city can't compare to Missouri's worst. What's going on there? Better yet, why is majority-Black Atlanta improving in terms of getting its murder rate down, but St. Louis and Baltimore keep getting worse?
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Old 01-02-2020, 02:40 PM
 
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No sheep is safe in some of these red States, especially New Years night.
Blue cities in red or blue states have the highest violent crime rates. That includes murder, rape, assault, child molestation.
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Old 01-02-2020, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Free State of Florida, Support our police
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Your premise is what we call fake news. St Louis has a population of over 2.8 million, while Lincoln has 284,000, while Provo is 526,000. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
Ok lets bring up Baltimore vs NYC then lol!
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Old 01-02-2020, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Blue cities in red or blue states have the highest violent crime rates. That includes murder, rape, assault, child molestation.
Missouri has a Republican Governor, and it has Republican House and Republican Senate, so maybe they should shoulder some of the responsibility for fixing the issues in their own State. Why else would they even exist?

When Miami was the murder capital of US in the 80s, our Governor took action and even got the FBI and DEA involved in stopping the cocaine wars. It worked.

Why are Missouri Governor and lawmakers choosing the point fingers as opposed to taking action?
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Old 01-02-2020, 03:00 PM
 
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Speaking of Huntington ... this news out today.

Seven shot at bar in West Virginia on New Year's Day
Kulture Hookah Bar. Gee, I wonder who they cater to?
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Old 01-02-2020, 03:14 PM
 
Location: USA
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Are we surprised? It’s St. Louis.

There used to be a website called “warzoneorstlouis.com”. The site was a quiz with various pictures of violent war-torn neighborhoods, and the user had to guess which neighborhoods were in St. Louis and which ones were in war zones. It even calculated a score at the end, and let the user know the answers with a brief description of the neighborhood.
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Old 01-02-2020, 03:19 PM
 
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I wish the rules were a little more strict around here to where a troll post like this is deleted and the OP penalized.
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Old 01-02-2020, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
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It depends on what places you go to. St. Louis is a blue city in a red state (Missouri is a very Republican state). So is Austin, Texas. Austin isn't headlining for any violence on New Years Day. Austin is basically as liberal as they come, and it has a very low murder rate. Austin is probably at 1 million people already and gets at more 35 murders in a year (about 3 murders a month). St. Louis has had a very high murder rate for years, and just keeps getting worse.

Virginia is a bluish/purple state. Virginia's most murderous large city, Richmond, is far less violent than St. Louis. It was a murderous city at one point, but it's improved alot. Atlanta,GA has seen a big drop in its murder rate over the last decade. Baltimore, on the other hand, keeps getting worse. I think it's important to look at every city individually. And look at every state individually. Consider this. Missouri is about 11% Black, and a red state. Virginia is close to 20% Black, and a bluish-purple state. Virginia is doing much better in terms of murder rates, violent crime rates, than Missouri. Virginia's worst large city can't compare to Missouri's worst. What's going on there? Better yet, why is majority-Black Atlanta improving in terms of getting its murder rate down, but St. Louis and Baltimore keep getting worse?
Let's face it. This is yet another gratuituous thread to bash cities and states by political allegiance. Is the OP getting paid by the thread?
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Old 01-02-2020, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Let's face it. This is yet another gratuituous thread to bash cities and states by political allegiance. Is the OP getting paid by the thread?
He is probably paid in Rubles.
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Old 01-02-2020, 03:52 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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How can two midwestern cities be so much different when it comes to crime. Lincoln didn't have a homicide until May of 2019 and St. Louis had 5 already by 11am on New Years Morning

Wow, St. Louis had 5 homicides by 11am on New Years Day already.

Lincoln, Nebraska which is similar population had 5 of all of last year.

Metro Provo-Orem, Utah had a total of 5 homicides in 2018 with a population that is more than double that of St. Louis

Wonder why St. Louis has all these problems when Lincoln, Nebraska and Provo-Orem metro don't have them.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-...-city-shooting


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCE_FkDyPYw

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/...louis-68018645

http://cjis.lincoln.ne.gov/HTBIN/CGI.com

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s...tables/table-6
You mean, compared to Lily White Lincoln?
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