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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by woodruffw on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:09AM (#32247043)
It's good to feel confident about things. But data is even nicer.

I've never had to file a police report for theft in NYC (where I've lived for 20+ years), because I've never had anything stolen from me. Unless you count the kid who, in third grade, stole my Pokemon cartridge. But the response to that involved schoolyard justice.

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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by teakettle42 on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:13AM (#32247071)
How many years have you spent in NYC as an independent adult?
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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by woodruffw on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:25AM (#32247137)
Well, I'm in my 20s, so I suspect that whatever number I give you is not going to be very useful.

But "independent adult" also doesn't mean much. I was riding the subway alone by the time I was 7 or 8, and didn't have anything resembling a curfew.

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