Too hard to present real numbers without breaking it down by income, types of crime, city, state, county, population density, etc. Hell, even geography plays a role. Liberals love to bang the “cities safer!” drum, and of course conservative rural people feel safer, but there are far too many factors to make a facile comparison.
Country people tend to know each other personally, makes 'em feel safer when all they see in the city is an endless sea of monkey. Some find comfort in minding their own business, just a face in the crowd, and that’s fine for them, freaks me out a bit. (I’ve lived both sides.) OTOH, the Hatfields might hold a grudge against the McCoy clan, and shit goes down now and again, including murder and baby mommas throwing down. And BTW, Cooter got drunk again and beat the shit out of Clem. Again. OTOOH, Crips vs. Bloods ring a bell? Poverty begets crime, and that can be a hood by hood thing. Yet higher income areas report more crime, in general. LOL, does that make sense?
Too hard to present real numbers without breaking it down by income, types of crime, city, state, county, population density, etc. Hell, even geography plays a role. Liberals love to bang the “cities safer!” drum, and of course conservative rural people feel safer, but there are far too many factors to make a facile comparison.
Country people tend to know each other personally, makes 'em feel safer when all they see in the city is an endless sea of monkey. Some find comfort in minding their own business, just a face in the crowd, and that’s fine for them, freaks me out a bit. (I’ve lived both sides.) OTOH, the Hatfields might hold a grudge against the McCoy clan, and shit goes down now and again, including murder and baby mommas throwing down. And BTW, Cooter got drunk again and beat the shit out of Clem. Again. OTOOH, Crips vs. Bloods ring a bell? Poverty begets crime, and that can be a hood by hood thing. Yet higher income areas report more crime, in general. LOL, does that make sense?
See my comment that only touches the surface.
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/16733617