Re:San Francisco braces for commercial real estate crash
by ceejayoz on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:16PM
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> It's more about the "feel" of the city than the "real", unfortunately.
Well, yes, that's the problem. It's a perception easily manipulated, by media breathlessly covering the latest incident, interest groups like police unions making false claims, etc. Americans have a wildly incorrect perception of what crime has done over the last ~50 years.
They're usually talking about large amounts of more "petty crimes" - because even in the murder capital of the US (currently St Louis) it is 64.54 per 100,000 residents. Just not that many overall and you probably won't actually know someone who was murdered, especially if you're more toward the richer parts of town.
But the other crimes are much more common and you will see them relatively often if they occur. I wonder what percentage of people have seen shoplifting or had a car broken into, etc.
It's more about the "feel" of the city than the "real", unfortunately.