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Scrivener7

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3. Walking around outside the subway, there were 7.5 murders per 100,000 Americans

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 7, 2025, 05:30 PM

Apr 7

in 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm I imagine at least one of those was someone burned alive.

Your OP quotes 10 murders on the subway in 2024. Over more than a billion rides.

By all means, we need to increase our care of the mentally ill in our area.

But as an American, you're safer on the subway than off it. By a large margin.

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Unprovoked attacks in subway are front and center in NYC mayor's race [View all] RandySF Apr 7 OP

BUT to put that into perspective, there were 579 felony assaults out of over a billion rides. Scrivener7 Apr 7 #1

After a woman was burned alive? RandySF Apr 7 #2

Walking around outside the subway, there were 7.5 murders per 100,000 Americans Scrivener7 Apr 7 #3

A billion rides does not equal a billion people MichMan Apr 7 #4

OK, so figure the average rider takes 480 rides a year. That's extremely generous, Scrivener7 Apr 7 #5

Not sure that is a winning political message MichMan Apr 7 #6

Not "city streets." America in general. In the United States overall, there are Scrivener7 Apr 7 #7