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To: Wayners who wrote (692416)	1/11/2013 7:56:32 PM
From: d[-_-]b	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578294

It's not density but demographics - shhh, that's racist. Notice the violence of LA has dropped as the Hispanics have displaced the blacks from traditional areas. It was accounted for in recent crime study under the word "demographics" but not discussed at length. Hispanic gangs are generally less violent than the previous black gangs. Of course that could change in the future - but the point is really the violence is mostly due to gangs.

To: Wayners who wrote (692416)

1/12/2013 12:17:21 PM

From: SilentZ

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Well if it's population density, then it shouldn't matter if the population density occurs in the Bronx or South Side Chicago or Bozeman Montana. I think that's where the argument breaks down.

Except it doesn't. The population density in the Bronx is eight times what it is in Bozeman. And there are significant areas of the Bronx where the density is lower and so is the crime.

But, the Bronx's major crime rate dropped 71% from 1993 to 2008, and that drop started in the '80s. So there obviously are solutions.

-Z