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Some added data to back up what you're saying: https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homi...

Increases in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Kentucky would indicate to me a lack of correlation for various partisan policies driving this.

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When I saw Texas, I thought to myself - I bet they mean Austin. And sure enough... Austin is the Portland of Texas. Bringing it up as if it is politically aligned to the right with the rest of Texas makes no sense. On the contrary, if anything it'd support the hypothesis that leftist policies drive crime up.

Portland is significantly safer than most big cities in red states.

When I'm reading/looking at the news from Portland, "safer" is not the first word that comes to my mind. But in this particular case, what I meant is that Austin government has always been very liberal/left leaning, and considering it a typical representative of Texas would be wrong.

Perhaps you shouldn't form your opinion of the world based on 'news'. I live in Portland and don't feel in danger, and our homicide rate is one of the lowest for a big city in the country.

> When I'm reading/looking at the news...

The filter bubble self-awareness is palpable.

The poster you're responding to is correct. St. Louis, KC, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Nashville are wild places. I feel much safer in Portland than in any of those cities. Especially the ones toward to top of that list. Lots of cities in bright red states are cesspools compared to Portland.

Tucson and Phoenix are very much the blue part of Arizona

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