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Since start of September nearly 60 shot in Hartford which is more than city of Boston it scary numbers Boston only report 40.
Yea I lived in Hartford for 4 years. It can be pretty scary. In those 4 years on my college campus, i had several friends attacked, cars shot up, people shot with paintballs, frats homes raided etc etc.
September/October is the gang initiation season in Hartford. This is what the office of multicultural affairs and students from Hartford would tell us every year. ON Broad street just beyond the borders of campus there was often a homicide victim makeshift memorial. My sophomore year a kid was robbed at gunpoint at a gas station on New Britain Avenue.
It like the built environment of a New England city with a more Baltimorean vibe. Some years it's calmer and in other years it's not so calm. They closed the gates of my campus off when in the early 90s to competing gang has a rolling throughout through the middle of our campus...1994 they peaked with 54 homicides.
Dallas 186 homicides as of 10/22
Baltimore 269 homicides as of 10/25
Chicago 658 homicides as of 10/25
Indianapolis 199 homicides as of 10/24
St. Louis 213 homicides as of 10/24
Philadelphia 391 homicides as of 10/25
Columbus,Ohio 133 homicides as of 10/24
Cleveland 145 homicides as of 10/22
Dc 168 homicides as of 10/25
Memphis 247 homicides as of 10/20
Louisville 130 homicides as of 10/5
Milwaukee 154 homicides as of 10/25
Houston 286 homicides as of 10/20
Kansas City 160 homicides as of 10/23
Los Angeles 266 homicides as of 10/20
To put it into perspective, Chicago with 2.7 million and 658 murder is 20% more than ALL of Canada's 550 with 38 million. Another perspective is that nearby Toronto is 10% larger than Chicago's 2.7 million but Chicago has had 11x more murders!
Dallas 186 homicides as of 10/22
Baltimore 269 homicides as of 10/25 Chicago 658 homicides as of 10/25
Indianapolis 199 homicides as of 10/24
St. Louis 213 homicides as of 10/24
Philadelphia 391 homicides as of 10/25
Columbus,Ohio 133 homicides as of 10/24
Cleveland 145 homicides as of 10/22
Dc 168 homicides as of 10/25
Memphis 247 homicides as of 10/20
Louisville 130 homicides as of 10/5
Milwaukee 154 homicides as of 10/25
Houston 286 homicides as of 10/20
Kansas City 160 homicides as of 10/23
Los Angeles 266 homicides as of 10/20
Geez. Obviously Chicago is bad with murders/shootings, but I didn't know it was THAT bad. Almost back to 90's levels. It was so much lower in the late 2000's and early 2010's. What happened in 2016 that spiked numbers back up?
Boston has 230 shootings which Hartford has 84% of Boston total
Harford, CT 20 with 196 shooting victims
Bridgeport, CT 20 with 148 shooting victims
New Haven, CT 18 with 87 shooting victims
Springfield, MA 16 with 85 shooting victims
Providence, RI 15 with 65 shooting victims
Worcester, MA 7
Waterbury, CT 7 homicides with 42 shootings
Lawrence, MA 5
Stamford, CT 4
Lynn, MA 4
Meriden, CT 4 with 26 shootings
Brockton, MA 4
Manchester, NH 4
West Haven, CT 4
New Bedford, MA 3 with 31 shootings
Fall River, MA 3
Norwalk, CT 3
Norwich, CT 3
New Britain, CT 2
New London, CT 2
Central Falls, RI 3
Burlington, VT 2
Pittsfield, MA 2
Chicopee, Mass 1
Haverhill, MA 1
Does CT count shot fire incidents as shootings? I know some cities do. Portland Oregon reports on "488 shootings by September 4th" but in reality that 488 gunfire incidents and 126 shooting victims.
"The Portland Police Bureau released its gun violence statistics showing 488 shootings as of Thursday, compared to 2019 when the city recorded 299 shootings for the whole year."
"So far this year, 126 people have been injured by gunfire, according to the police figures, which is nearly double the number from all of last year."
To put it into perspective, Chicago with 2.7 million and 658 murder is 20% more than ALL of Canada's 550 with 38 million. Another perspective is that nearby Toronto is 10% larger than Chicago's 2.7 million but Chicago has had 11x more murders!
We all know how Canadian cities fall as most of our smaller cities and our more rural regions. Already stats for many Canadian cities were posted for that boast in this thread that could be re-posted by you or updated. Stats for where American cities fall is also given out by our FBI.
Perhaps you already believe for you to enter the USA is a adventure against your own life.... that is surely a choice you can make or never visit our major cities. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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