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Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by edent on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:04AM (#45358276)
Mate, I live in London. It's great. Come visit and enjoy a pint of beer. Travel will help you pull your head out of the sand.
Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by throwaway99321 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:11AM (#45359211)
you should probably travel a bit yourself mate, if you think London is great, you will get your mind blown being anywhere else
Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by zaruvi on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:44AM (#45358573)
Knife crime statistics seem to suggest otherwise. It is nice, until it is not.
Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by edent on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:56AM (#45358664)
Knife crime is down 19% in London this year https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62nqvzzq79o

And still fewer stabbings per-capita than NYC.

Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by AOE9 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:09AM (#45358741)
It only matters in comparison to the rest of the UK, you don't know how they are collected/recorded differently across countries.
Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by edent on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:19AM (#45358811)
London has a lower knife crime rate than the West Midlands.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04...

Hope that helps!

Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by AOE9 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:47AM (#45359033)
Interesting it says knife crime for 23/24 was up 16% for London. I wonder if they only record convictions so the 19% decrease will change as people are convicted.

Also West Midlands is that not Biringham etc? Is that not one of the other mostly non-white places in the UK? You could have pointed to number 3 on the list Cleveland being mostly white(95%+ I think) and not being much lower than London.

Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by edent on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:05AM (#45359171)
It's almost like crime isn't that strongly correlated with the ethnic mix of a place! I'm sorry reality doesn't support your racism.

Of course, if you don't believe the police data, that page suggests you look at hospital admissions.

Again, as I said, London is lovely. You said there was a problem with knife crime. I pointed out that London is lower than a comparable major US city. It's also lower than several areas in the UK.

Come and visit - don't believe the lies being spread.

Re:Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got ... by AOE9 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:37AM (#45359447)
> It's almost like crime isn't that strongly correlated with the ethnic mix of a place! I'm sorry reality doesn't support your racism.

How is what I said racist? I was agreeing with you but saying London being #2 and pointing to #1 is not really proving your point. You should point to #3 to make your point.

> I pointed out that London is lower than a comparable major US city.

Again, you can not compare across countries you don't know the difference in how the data is recorded. For example is a murder not recorded in the USA for every suspious death where as the UK it is for every murder conviction?

> It's also lower than several areas in the UK.

It is #2 on that 23/24 list.

> Come and visit - don't believe the lies being spread.

I lived on London's outskirts for multiple years and have to visit multiple times a year. I wouldn't describe it as great, I dread going everytime.