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		smt88 on April 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The rich shouldn’t feel like the enemy’: Is New Yo... I honestly think the main culprit is local news. They're essentially non-journalists, so they basically cover violent crimes as sensationally as possible.

JohnTHaller on April 6, 2021 [–]

I have relatives in red states who ask me how I can live somewhere as dangerous as NYC. Meanwhile, they're living in a metro area with triple the homicide rate of NYC.

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