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Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by MisterMower on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:03PM (#32478766)
One homicide in a town of 1,800 people would give you a homicide rate of 56 per 100,000. I wouldn’t read into that statistic too much.
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Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by Khelavaster on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:04AM (#32483729)
My thought as well. A homicide happened in this town, is all that statistic shows.
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Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by tomjakubowski on Thursday August 18, 2022 @07:41PM (#32516113)
Pine Bluff's population is much larger than 1,800. I'll just quote the full Wikipedia excerpt:

Pine Bluff had 29 homicides in 2021. Pine Bluff had 23 murders in 2020 - a rate of 56.5 murders per 100,000 people. The national average was 6.5 murders per 100,000 people in 2020.

As of July 29, in 2022 there have been 17 homicides reported in Pine Bluff.

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