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What are you talking about? Crime rates have dramatically been reducing basically everywhere.

Cool, enjoy your safe space, wherever it is.

Chicago, friend. :)

I'm reminded of being on an airplane sitting next to a cop who told me, "Did you know that Chicago is the murder capitol of the world?". It was fun to show her that Chicago isn't actually even in the top 10 of the US in terms of homicide.

Where do you get your news from that makes you think crime is going up?

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

Confirmation bias is a savory drug, friend.

There is a big difference between confirmation and confirmation bias.

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

You've been disconfirmed already!

And yet it moves.

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

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

Write a peer reviewed paper with facts and figures

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

Vibes are also an unreasonable standard. :)

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

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...

I moved out of Lincoln Park (Chicago) 2 years ago because my wife almost got hit by a teenager stealing a car.

It wasn't the first or last car theft we witnessed.

Chicago is safe 90% of the time. Statistically speaking, you won't be a victim of a crime. That doesn't mean the crime isn't happening and it doesn't mean it's getting properly reported either. Crime is here.

From my post, what makes you think I think it's 100% gone?

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