[themitigating]

Seems?

Maybe because right wing media has constantly stated this opinion over years you think it's just a fact.

[jmplng]

I mean, I lived here 12 years and in a Midwest city 10 years before that. There’s a big difference. Obviously for any 1 human the N will be small. So I used “seems” to indicate that while that’s my experience I don’t have like a study to prove it.