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I live in a city that has 50,000 more people than Jackson and our city/management would be all hands on deck if we hit 20 homicides for the year. But, you have a city like Jackson that hovers around 100 almost every year. It amazes me the stark differences between cities in this country sometimes…
This is a recent trend though. The 2010s homicides were between the 50s & 60s.
This is a recent trend though. The 2010s homicides were between the 50s & 60s.
Exactly I don't think folks understand how bad some cities have got compared to late 2000's. Jackson used to rates in the 30's , Chicago had rates in the teens.
Exactly I don't think folks understand how bad some cities have got compared to late 2000's. Jackson used to rates in the 30's , Chicago had rates in the teens.
Yeah it was not until 2014 then 2015 that most of the Southern, and Midwestern cities (excluding Detroit, New Orleans) saw increases in both raw homicides and murder rates per capita.
NC's cities has such a low homicide rate, considering location and demographics. What do you think is the reason for that?
They have cities that sprawl out in terms of land area, which can water down rates. Just look at the land area of their cities and compare them to cities of similarly sized metros in other regions to see what I'm referring to.
Maybe economics (healthy job market and low poverty rate)?
That's definitely part of it. But I don't think that those two things are unique to North Carolina
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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod
They have cities that sprawl out in terms of land area, which can water down rates. Just look at the land area of their cities and compare them to cities of similarly sized metros in other regions to see what I'm referring to.
well for example, Raleigh is about 149 sq miles. Similarly sized cities include Birmingham, AL (147 sq mi), Chattanooga, TN (142 sq mi), Las Vegas, NV (141 sq mi.), Detroit, MI (138 sq. mi.), Mobile, AL (139 sq. mi.), and Atlanta, GA (135 sq. mi.). These cities for the most part have more crime than Raleigh despite being similarly sized.
Obviously this is not a super sound analysis but it does beg the question why NC cities are less violent than other similarly situated cities.
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