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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by exabrial on Thursday July 28, 2022 @11:14AM (#32265447)
Ok. Leave your cellphone outside in NYC for 4 hours tomorrow during the day.

I'll do the same in my small midwestern town.

We can repeat this experiment until you run out of money.

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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by woodruffw on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:25PM (#32266526)
This is a ridiculous sampling error. If as many people passed by your phone in your small midwestern town as do in my densely populated neighborhood, I suspect it would be stolen.

That's why we use per capita statics.

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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by exabrial on Thursday July 28, 2022 @04:06PM (#32269468)
At the end of your day: your cell phone will be stolen.

My cell phone: will be returned by my neighbor.

I'll take the "bias" in the numbers all day lol

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