[OC] 15 Years of New York City Shooting VictimsSubmitted by supaplex_ t3_y8zp8u in dataisbeautiful
cuteman t1_it471r5 wrote
Reply to comment by Lost-Currency9670 in [OC] 15 Years of New York City Shooting Victims by supaplex_
Obviously it's cherry picking but if you remove the 5 cities with the largest number of murders the US as a whole (with a much larger population) looks more like Scandinavian countries. Those are Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
When you include them our stats more like the third world and Central/South American countries for murder rate.
Its definitely a problem but it's more of an isolated issue than a national one.
rammo123 t1_it5r6nh wrote
This is common myth continuously trotted out. It's complete fake news.
Fact is removing those cities barely dents the national crime stats.
kimock t1_it6r4lz wrote
But what is true is that the homicide rate among US whites is in line with those of Europe.
6thReplacementMonkey t1_it4lip2 wrote
Can you show that math? I don't see how that could be true when even small-midsize towns in the US have higher per-capita murder rates than Scandinavian countries.
Lethlnjektn t1_it5aekn wrote
He’s talking about you, Youngstown Ohio
SLYTAPEX t1_it5ai1y wrote
Thats cherry picking.
6thReplacementMonkey t1_it7tzjr wrote
Right. My point is that even if you cherry-pick to intentionally reduce it, US has a higher murder rate, so I don't see how OP could cherry-pick and come up with a lower one.
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