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Originally posted by ProgGod
Your statistics are scewed for one major reason. They are based on population. Hundreds of millions of people work in DC and NY every day. But no one lives there. The only people that live inside of DC and NY are people who live in the extremely bad and poor neighborhoods. Most of the people that work there live in the nice suburbs around the cities, which are lower crime zones. This is the case in any large city. Most of the cities you wouldn't want to be in at night, but during the day they are crime free.
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I guess you missed the "Homicides per 100,000 population of the country" section then.
For wht is worth, I was born and raised in England but now live in the USA. I feel perfectly safe here, and I felt perfectly safe in England.
One thing the stats do show is that the chances of getting murdered are tiny, so don't worry about it - relax, and have a
