We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship

Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by rufus_foreman on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:12PM (#27936712)

>> Berlin is heavily associated with crime

Can't find 2020 numbers, but all of Germany had 720 murders in 2019. Last year Chicago, which is the main city in one metro area of one state in the US had 774.

Chicago is around 2.5 million people, Germany is 84 million people. From an inner-city US perspective, violent crime in Germany basically does not exist.

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Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by refurb on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:35PM (#27936938)

I assume people are worried about more than just murder?

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Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by rufus_foreman on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:01PM (#27937140)

I know I am. Murder is a good proxy for other violent crime though, since it almost always gets reported, and other violent crimes don't.

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