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Seattle has half the cops that some big cities have (20 per 10,000 residents). New York and Chicago have around 40, Boston 33.

http://www.governing.com/gov-data/safety-justice/police-offi...

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The level of public safety in a particular city frequently comes down to how much property tax its population is wiling to pay.

Property tax in King County is no joke; both percentage-wise and absolute costs. Real estate prices are very high here and taxes are not friendly, either (lack of state income tax is shifted elsewhere).

Spending two gazillion dollars on a stupid tunnel that is already going to cost 2x estimates is just another fine feature of this idiotic bureaucracy in my area.

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