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peetzakilla
Violent crime has been on the decline as a nation wide average for years. "Your" town may not follow the trend.
Regardless, that's not even the point. The person to whom I was responding said that situation in American cities is "grim" and they resemble "combat zones".
Argue crime rates and find exceptions for sake of argument all night long, "grim combat zones" is asinine.
Here are some charts that get the point across:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime..._United_States
Notice the peak in the early 90s with a steady decline ever since.
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Violent crime OVERALL has decreased in this country (if you can believe the numbers) BUT also has shifted from big cities like NYC to 2nd tier and smaller cities. I tried to upload a denormalized spreadsheet of the FBI Crime Stats for the 1st half of 2011 to TFL but it would not take Excel spreadsheets. Go to THR, I'd posted it there. Anyone with a basic knowledge of MS Excel can filter through and sort the data to their liking. Some results are truly surprising.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=632375
This is only speculation, however, I believe one of the main reasons why big cities have experienced a drop in the violent crime rates is due to policing and surveillance (cameras). This is something that the budgets of smaller cities lack. So, if you live in a big city the news is good. If you live in a budget stricken 2nd or 3rd tier city - things ain't so good.