[cyorir]

I wouldn't draw very much from that violent crime factoid. Denver was not exactly the most violent city before legalization, and has its own circumstances, so you wouldn't want to generalize from Denver's example to more violent urban centers like Chicago or New York for example.

Although I absolutely agree that the tax revenue is a great boon.

[akgerber]

New York's murder rate is very similar to Denver's, and was actually lower in 2012. Its violent days are long past, and even its bad neighborhoods are as safe from violent crime as its richest 20 years ago: http://observer.com/2013/05/bloomberg-recalls-upper-east-sid...

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Denver-Colorado.html http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-New-York-New-York.html