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by crispyporkbites 3023 days ago
> big walkable urban areas also happen to be less safe from crime, rather than safer as the author asserts.

citation?

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population density ("urbanness") correlates with crime rate. "Big" and "walkable" do not, as far as I know. https://nycdatascience.com/blog/student-works/pressure-cooke...
How do you tease them out though? The walkability guys are talking about making living spaces denser, after all.