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Re:The world’s most-surveilled cities by brlewis on Monday August 19, 2019 @10:30AM (#20738044)
> A higher number of cameras just barely correlates with a higher safety index and lower crime index.

That makes an impressive case for cameras. I would have expected a negative correlation. People put up more cameras where there are more crimes.

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Re:The world’s most-surveilled cities by AnthonyMouse on Monday August 19, 2019 @11:01AM (#20738337)
> People put up more cameras where there are more crimes.

There is no reason to expect that correlation to exist. People put up cameras where they can afford to buy cameras and have a local legislature that can be influenced by contractors who want to sell cameras, but having money is inversely correlated with high crime rates.

There are more cameras in NYC than Detroit.

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