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To: arun gera who wrote (139442)2/23/2018 7:00:29 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217774
 
re <<According to this study, the old west was less safer...>>

i clip / past from the cited study, "To appreciate how violent the West was, we need to consider not only the annual homicide rate, but the risk of being murdered over time. For instance, the adult residents of Dodge City faced a homicide rate of at least 165 per 100,000 adults per year, meaning that 0.165 percent of the population was murdered each year—between a fifth and a tenth of a percent"

if i am not mixing apples and oranges (and i might be by picking cities as opposed to comparing across states usatoday.com ), the stats chicagotribune.com indicated that a few places is considerably more dangerous / less safe