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Two dead overnight in Hampton after a pair of shootings 5 mins apart, within a mile and a half of each other. Both happened in Buckroe. First happened in a more troubled side, with the second happening in the quiet part. Still investigating if they are related or not. That's 20 for the year.
I realized yesterday that Philly's record year, last year, was a rate of 35/100,000 people. DC did not have a record year, and their rate was 32.7/100,000. It's crazy how Philly's reputation is so much worse considering this.
It’s because in real life, political boundaries don’t set perceptions. If DC included Arlington, VA and Alexandria, VA still, the city would have 102 sq. miles with around 1,200,000 people. If it included Bethesda, MD and Silver Spring, MD to match Philadelphia, it would have around 1,500,000 people and the murder rate would be low. Philadelphia is way more dangerous which is why that perception exists.
Statistically speaking, the DC metro area is one of the safest and richest metro areas in America. That’s where the perception comes from I believe.
It’s because in real life, political boundaries don’t set perceptions. If DC included Arlington, VA and Alexandria, VA still, the city would have 102 sq. miles with around 1,200,000 people. If it included Bethesda, MD and Silver Spring, MD to match Philadelphia, it would have around 1,500,000 people and the murder rate would be low. Philadelphia is way more dangerous which is why that perception exists.
Statistically speaking, the DC metro area is one of the safest and richest metro areas in America. That’s where the perception comes from I believe.
St. Louis and DC are roughly the same size, both hampered by political boundaries, yet only one gets the 'dangerous city' label.
DC is the nations Capital. It would be a stain on the countries image if people found out it has one of the highest homicide rates in the country. Truth
St. Louis has been known as a " dangerous city " for a long time and probably always will be. St. Louis was a young city when this newspaper article came out.
Boon's Lick (Fayette, Mo) Sept. 23, 1848 Pg3
St. Louis appears to be literally infested with thieves, who knock down and rob people, break open and plunder houses with impunity.
Surely the government of that city must be in bad hands, if, through the agency of the police, such daring acts of robbing, as the papers daily chronicle, cannot be prevented.
We notice complaints in the papers of the inefficiency and brutality of the police, which seem to pass unheeded by the authorities.
Our city friends may rest assured that the reputation of their place is suffering by this state of things.
St. Louis has even had that reputation 20 years before that article.
St. Louis and DC are roughly the same size, both hampered by political boundaries, yet only one gets the 'dangerous city' label.
DC is the nations Capital. It would be a stain on the countries image if people found out it has one of the highest homicide rates in the country. Truth
Again, we have been over this. Philadelphia’s perception in media and to visitors stems from the high crime rate, relative (unfortunate) proximity to NYC/DC, lack of gentrification from 2012-2019 on the level that nyc/dc had and its grittier feeling.
All cities look and felt like Philadelphia in 2000. Its just perception and the lack of gentrification in the 2010s. Obviously thats changing, yeah. But the reputation is holding firm. Cities are evolving so a reputation can only live for so long.
Its like Boston’s racist reputation. People get shocked when I show them a racial dot map of Boston. People get surprised when they find out not everyone from Boston is Irish.
St. Louis and DC are roughly the same size, both hampered by political boundaries, yet only one gets the 'dangerous city' label.
DC is the nations Capital. It would be a stain on the countries image if people found out it has one of the highest homicide rates in the country. Truth
St. Louis doesn't benefit from being one of the richest and most educated metro areas in America. That is probably the only reason DC has the perception it does. It doesn't matter whether you're White, Black, Latino, or Asian, etc., in the DC area, all races have high levels of educated residents with high incomes.
The biggest difference between the DC metro area and the Bay area which DC competes with annually for metro area with the highest rate for income and education is that DC's percentages include one of the highest Black populations in America which makes DC way more impressive than the Bay area which is majority White and Asian whose populations don't have the history of Black America.
The last 400 years of oppression have created a major equity gap in America for Black people causing them to live in high poverty, but the DC area has the most educated and wealthiest Black population in America. All these factors impact the perception of DC around America and play a huge role in why DC will never be equated with places like Philadelphia or St. Louis that have a more blue collar history.
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