I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was called

Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by leephillips on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:38PM (#31360426)

So did I, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1970s, when the murder rate was 1,000/year. Things have gotten less dangerous but people have gotten more fearful.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by pojzon on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:13AM (#31363244)

Ppl have gotten more fearful because things have gotten MORE dengerous, not less..:

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/11/3/hld-surge-in-us...

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by ZoomerCretin on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:35AM (#31363367)

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murd...

The homicide rate in 2021 was almost half of the homicide rate in the early 1990s.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by leephillips on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:40AM (#31363755)

Even if we stipulate that this article from Quatar state media is accurate, it does not imply that conditions are more dangerous now than in the time frame I was describing. You do understand that, I hope.

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