[hexis]

I get my information about dangerous public spaces with my eyes, ears, and memory that it used to be safer very recently.

[supplied_demand]

Chicago has had fewer shootings this year than any time in at least a decade. There are plenty of news articles on it if you care to read up. Those of us who actually live here can visibly notice the difference.

[0] https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/11/shootings-homicides-chicago...

[1] https://chicagocrusader.com/violent-crime-in-chicago-sees-bi...

[2] https://www.wbez.org/cpd/2025/05/01/chicago-hasnt-seen-an-ap...

[lapetitejort]

Write a peer reviewed paper with facts and figures

[hexis]

Unreasonable standard for reaching conclusions, I suspect if you thought about it, you would agree.

[chaps]

Vibes are also an unreasonable standard. :)

[hexis]

Vibes and observations are very different. I am judging by my direct experience.

[chaps]

Confirmation bias is a savory drug, friend.

[hexis]

There is a big difference between confirmation and confirmation bias.

[tptacek]

You've been disconfirmed already!

[hexis]

And yet it moves.

[tptacek]

Given the data you're up against you're doing more of a flat Earth thing here.

[hexis]

I appreciate your political commitments and I understand how that makes this topic unproductive for us to discuss.

[supplied_demand]

The difference is that confirmation requires evidence. If you had any evidence you would have provided it.