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1. efitz+Hv1[view] [source] 2023-05-18 21:52:54
>>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.

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2. bertil+Jw1[view] [source] 2023-05-18 21:58:20
>>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.
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3. pedrom+cC1[view] [source] 2023-05-18 22:24:52
>>bertil+Jw1
Can you post some of those police statistics that debunk that claim?
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4. bertil+JD1[view] [source] 2023-05-18 22:32:51
>>pedrom+cC1
The most famous case for it is here: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_the_surprising_decli...

but there are a lot more cases, generally in the same direction, depending on the time frame, whether it’s city vs. country, race-related, drug-related, enforcement-related, from strangers, etc.

Overall, far fewer cases are being given a lot more cover while deaths preventable with standard healthcare increase, and deaths and life-altering injuries from car accidents remain so frequent you’d need a metronome to count them.

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