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Re: Happy 4th of July

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Post by jollybean »

l8nite wrote: post #11

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The 'unsafe feeling' you have is a function of bigotry and misinformation.

Small town America is very safe.

If you take away the 50 most violent 'urban hot zones' in the US, national crime rates actually start to look like something a bit more normal.

Suburbs, exurbs, small towns and rural areas are about the same level of gun violence, which is less than urban areas, that said, the more 'remote' people are, the more likely they are to use guns to commit suicide.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448529/

Re: Happy 4th of July

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Post by jollybean »

birdyrooster wrote: post #12

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That kind of violence is extremely rare, moreover, it happens by extremists on 'all sides' and pales in comparison to the likelihood you will be robbed/killed for all the normal reasons, and, if you live anywhere 'normal' in the US, the likelihood of any of that is actually quite low, almost (but not quite) on par with most other countries.

Despite what the headlines might have us believe.

That this is the second weirdly cynical comment espousing hugely aggrandized mistruths, this is more evidence of something odd going on than otherwise. I think we should be just as much concerned about misinformation as anything else. Unless you are in a really bad neighbourhood, or into some very bad things, odds are you are quite safe.

Re: Happy 4th of July

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Post by AndriyKunitsyn »

nr2x wrote: post #8
srvmshr wrote: post #6

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Given a disproportionate number of HN users are in California, no we don't actually "choose" congress in any reasonable sense. We get to pick 2 people to represent ~40M people in the Senate, whereas the ~500k people of Wyoming get to pick 2 representative as well. Given how our institutions work, the people of Wyoming have vastly more influence on a per capita basis than those in California, which is evidenced in our…

Did anyone promise the equality of influence of people in different states on the Senate? The country is called United States, not a Union of California and the Northeast.

(I'm not American.)

Re: Happy 4th of July

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Post by makk »

jollybean wrote: post #24
birdyrooster wrote: post #12

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That kind of violence is extremely rare, moreover, it happens by extremists on 'all sides' and pales in comparison to the likelihood you will be robbed/killed for all the normal reasons, and, if you live anywhere 'normal' in the US, the likelihood of any of that is actually quite low, almost (but not quite) on par with most other countries. Despite what the headlines might have us believe. That this is the second wei…

> On par with most other countries

That's interesting. Do you have a source for that? Would help others appreciate what you're seeing.

Re: Happy 4th of July

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Post by jasoneckert »

tempestn wrote: post #9
jasoneckert wrote: post #7

Happy Independence Day from the Great White North! In tribute, I hope that 4 of you upvote this comment so that my karma reaches 1776 :-)

Looks like you overshot. I gave you a downvote to help out.

It's OK - I saw it reach 1776 and toasted to it!

Re: Happy 4th of July

#29

Post by [deleted] »

jollybean wrote: post #21
l8nite wrote: post #11

Quoted post unavailable.

The 'unsafe feeling' you have is a function of bigotry and misinformation. Small town America is very safe. If you take away the 50 most violent 'urban hot zones' in the US, national crime rates actually start to look like something a bit more normal. Suburbs, exurbs, small towns and rural areas are about the same level of gun violence, which is less than urban areas, that said, the more 'remote' people are, the more…

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