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>>amathe+(OP)
If people want to live in cities and want to have a car-free lifestyle, then more power to you.

Cities are becoming increasingly unaffordable and increasingly violent. I think that we are past “peak metro” and that the absolute refusal of many people to return to office work is going to result in an acceleration of out-migration from cities. This in turn will exacerbate other urban problems as the revenue base dries up and low wage employees become ever more difficult to find in urban areas.

>>efitz+Hv1
Do you have any data to support the claim that cities are becoming more violent? That’s a common trope that is generally debunked by police statistics.

>>bertil+Jw1
San Fransisco crime increased 5% last year. [1]

NYC crime increased 22% last year. [2]

Chicago crime increased 41% last year. [3]

[1] https://missionlocal.org/2023/01/explore-how-crime-changed-i...

[2] https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00071/nypd-citywide-crim...

[3] https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-crime-spikes-in-2022-...

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That said, the OP said "violent" and technically the increase was almost entirely non-violent crimes (e.g. theft).