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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by dawhizkid on Thursday December 28, 2017 @10:50PM (#16027375)
or if you are on BART are terrorized by a gang of teens

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/11/25/group-of-teens-strik...

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by santaclaus on Thursday December 28, 2017 @11:04PM (#16027439)
Sure, and groups of teens in NYC have been sucker punching random people on the streets for a few years now. [1]

[1] http://www.newsweek.com/new-yorkers-are-getting-sucker-punch...

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by smachiz on Thursday December 28, 2017 @11:52PM (#16027630)
Sure - NYC isn't crime free. But you're ignoring the actual data that shows the prevalence per capita to be substantially lower than SF.
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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by santaclaus on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:11PM (#16033176)
I never said San Francisco was safer than NYC, but even looking at those statistics they are mostly comparable in terms of violent crimes (notice that I did say your car is much more likely to get burgled in San Francisco), and the rate of aggravated assault is higher in that study in NYC. My point is that that both San Francisco and NYC are by and large safe cities by American city standards.
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