Could the weather have anything to do with it?
Could also be partly the lack of tourists or type of tourists, compared to warmer areas.
Could also be partly the lack of tourists or type of tourists, compared to warmer areas.
I think New Hampshire's cities are small and just don't really have ghettos the way most large American cities do. The violence happens in bigger cities that are pretty nearby, but happen to be outside NH's borders. Southern NH is kind of like an extended suburb of Boston.
OP is about murder rate, not gun violence rate.
(2011): National rate: 4.7 Northeast rate: 3.9 MA rate: 2.8 NH rate: 1.3
MA's rate is lower than the national average and lower than the Northeast regional average, but more than double than NH's average.
My argument is that NH has a particularly low murder rate because it doesn't really have any big cities--the populated areas are mostly suburban. High murder rates correlate with high population density (and poverty). If the nearby metropolis of Boston were inside NH's borders, then I think NH would have the higher murder rate. Do you disagree with that assessment?
People in a critical situation tend to help each other more and when you are in an hostile environment 6 to 8 months a year, it tends to grow on you.
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