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A comment on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments. Parent comment

Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by armitron on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @06:16PM (#19447562)
Chicago had 561 murders in 2018. That's 1.5 murders a day.

Chicago had 2948 shooting victims in 2018. That's 8 shooting victims a day.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-murder-total-2018-...

To someone living in Europe, these rates defy belief.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by PHGamer on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:39PM (#19448074)
yea but its fucking chicago. inner cities suck in the us.
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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by mneubrand on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:23PM (#19455621)
The vast majority of shootings in Chicago do not happen in the inner city (aka the Loop). Most of these are on the South side and West side of the city
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