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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by rtpg on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @01:04AM (#14029616)
what's the murder rate measured on? Chicago is already almost 1% of the population, so I don't see how the murder rate per capita is 50 or 100 times the national average.

Also "200 million Americans don't even live in areas with bad stats" is another way of saying "100 million Americans live in areas with high murder rates"... seems like a larger issue than you're implying

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by drchickensalad on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @07:02AM (#14031325)
Some neighborhoods != All of Chicago
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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by rtpg on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @07:45AM (#14031529)
right, I get that. But is it like.. 10% of Chicago? 1%?

If it's 20% of Chicago but has 50-100x the national per capita average, that's pretty crazy. If it's one house where everyone in the house was murdered (1 murder per capita!), well it's not really representative of much.

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