Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 1164 days ago
Bad is relative. Bad compared to perfect European utopias, yes. Bad compared to the same city 30-40 years ago, no.
1 comments

Nobody really cares about the murder rate. What they care about is being murdered.

A city where gangs are killing each other off but never bother normal people will feel much safer than a city where a comparatively few people are killed but it’s from the greater pool of everyone.