| Seihaku said: Chicago overall isn't really the issue either, it's just a part of Chicago. If you look at only intentional murders, the US averages 3.9 murders per 100,000 people, Germany averages about 0.9 per 100,000, roughly 12,250 in the US per year vs. 716 in Germany per year. There were more murders in Chicago last year than in all of Germany for the same period. The "No Go" zones in Europe are overblown, roughly the equivalant of walking through a slum or ghetto in the US but generally with fewer muggings. Chicago's murder rate is 15.65 per 100,000. My city is roughly 11.5, Los Angeles is currently at 6 per 100,000 down from 35.2 per 100,000 in 1980. New Orleans had a murder rate of 57.6 per 100,000 recently. St. Louis and Detroit's murder rates are 50 per 100,000. Baltimore is at 49 per 100,000. People like to focus on Chicago since it's a "no gun zone" and the sheer overall numbers, but of course that's like living in a dry county and being able to drive 10 minutes to buy beer in the neighboring county. Kinda pointless. |
First off, there are 3 main parts to Chicago (north, south, west). But what you fail to point out (or know) is that its heavily segregated . To try and illustrate, NYC has bouroughs, & Chicago has "sides". Being a segregated city, crime is not sprinkled evenly throughout, the vast majority of crimes occur in 2/3 of the areas, the west & southsides (always been like that), which constitute about 40% population wise. So the northside is faiirly safe and population makes up about 60%. Then you have downtown where its relatively safe as well).
To the outsider, crime RATE wont look as bad because it includes the northside to bring those numbers down. But again, its a segregated city so its really bad in concentrated areas. The southside of Chicago (750k population,) is pretty much comparable to Detroit, the west side comparable to New orleans (480k) so thats 1.2 mil out of 2.7 tot. These are the danger zones.
