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A comment on Show HN: Play with an interactive heatmap of SF crime (and other cities). Parent comment

Re:Show HN: Play with an interactive heatmap of SF crime (an... by Spivak on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @11:47AM (#41182557)
Is it actually true that crime in an area increases proportionally with population? Why would it?

Extremely high density but near zero crime would be inside a large office building.

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Re:Show HN: Play with an interactive heatmap of SF crime (an... by jazzyjackson on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @11:52AM (#41182597)
there's such a thing as a "target rich environment" but I always look at these maps as "where people are", college campuses, tourist attractions, crime is high because the number of marks is high, its a coincidence if many people happen to live there too
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