The book notes that while the United States, overall, is a fairly loose culture as compared to some other leading countries (Germany, Japan, etc.), the wealthy and upper middle class are overwhelmingly tight whereas the poor are overwhelmingly loose.
The book notes that while the United States, overall, is a fairly loose culture as compared to some other leading countries (Germany, Japan, etc.), the wealthy and upper middle class are overwhelmingly tight whereas the poor are overwhelmingly loose.
So, it looks like what the Right has been talking about for decades, a shared culture is actually a really good thing.
Shocked. Postmodernism has taken over this country. Identity politics are supreme. I am supposed to think that a black man has 1000% different experience than me, based on his skin alone. They want us to live in separate worlds. It's a horrible paradigm to work from and will only worsen our issues.
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/suspect-charged-with-capital-murder-after-man-was-found-dead-in-round-rock/?utm_campaign=alert_bar&utm_source=side_bullets - Round Rock shooting - 1/9
1 dead - https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/one-person-dead-after-shooting-in-northeast-austin - Austin shooting - 1/11
1 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-5000-brighton-road - Austin shooting - 1/18
1 dead - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/22/hays-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-apparent-shooting/6681601002/ - Buda shooting - 1/21
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-killed-after-shootout-between-two-groups-at-north-austin-complex-police-say/ - Austin shooting - 1/23
2 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-1912-w-35th-street - Austin shooting - 1/26
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/one-person-dead-after-shooting-in-north-austin/?fbclid=IwAR2QlQlGL89M9QlIMXNDSAU9spvMEhu31Cpqo8Jsl-tQaPXWOlrPLuNNY4o - Austin shooting - 1/29
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/police-investigating-suspicious-death-in-east-austin-2/ - Austin shooting - 2/2
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/police-investigating-suspicious-death-in-southeast-austin-3/ - Austin obvious trauma - 2/3
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/suspicious-death-being-investigated-in-central-austin/ - Austin shooting - 2/6
2 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/elderly-couple-found-dead-in-suspected-murder-suicide-at-cedar-park-home/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2d0OJqQ9Lwib8K-06sGBipshijYzvjNIcP2vCkMkef1W-GjrUamnIZ9ws - Cedar Park murder/suicide - 2/9
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/19-year-old-man-stabbed-and-killed-northeast-austin-fight-police-say/ - Austin stabbing - 2/16
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-faces-murder-charge-after-wife-found-dead-at-south-austin-hotel-room/ - Austin unlisted cause - 2/16
2 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/travis-county-deputies-investigate-possible-murder-suicide-involving-two-male-relatives/ - Pflugervile shooting - 2/19
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1 dead - https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/apd-investigating-deceased-person-in-hotel-room-in-north-central-austin - 2/14
Austin area population
City: 964,254 (July 1, 2018 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,273,954 (July 1, 2019 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,227,083 (July 1, 2019 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Area - City: 297 square miles (2010) - US Census Bureau
Area - Metro: 4,285 square miles - Wikipedia
Area - Travis County: 1,023 square miles - Wikipedia
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2014 - City - 31 - Metro - 42
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I know it won't impress certain people on here (especially for a city of 2 million people) but Montreal has had a violent start to 2021 by its standards of recent years.
So far it's had 5 murders, which if the current pace continues would put it on track for 40-50 murders for the year.
In recent years it's been clocking in at around 25-30 murders annually.
But already alarm bells are going off in the Quebec government and some politicians are calling for action.
The various debates over policing in recent months and years led Montreal's police (like in many other cities) to review some of its practices, and towards the end of 2020 they were implementing new policies on random stops and checks. The guidelines for officers being allowed to do this are becoming more restrictive.
Hopefully this spike in murders is just a temporary blip and not related to that in any way.
A violent Monday in Philadelphia with 7 murders in one day...leaving the city at 61 already for the year. Most of the victims were found in their homes...so it's not all street shootings.
Thats pretty horrifying. Philadelphia is starting to look like a failed city in terms of public security, time to make some big changes or it will become the standard, which will lead to eventual urban decline (again).
Thats pretty horrifying. Philadelphia is starting to look like a failed city in terms of public security, time to make some big changes or it will become the standard, which will lead to eventual urban decline (again).
Very true, once crime starts to spiral out of control it’s hard to reverse the trend. Look at St Louis, Memphis, New Orlean, Baltimore, etc where they continuously struggle with this.
Thats pretty horrifying. Philadelphia is starting to look like a failed city in terms of public security, time to make some big changes or it will become the standard, which will lead to eventual urban decline (again).
I'm sure it will be the top issue in the District Attorney Election in Philadelphia this year. Usually the year after a Presidential election is a quiet one but this one should be very prominent in the city. There are a lot of people who do not like the current DA.
Public Safety isn't so much the issue as other crimes are falling. Murder in Philly seems to be happening between people who know each other and have turned to using guns again because the cops aren't do what they did before the riots last summer...which is when they murder rate started to really take off. It's not like there are massive shoot outs in Center City. It's in the same areas of the city where violence has plagued it for decades.
I know it won't impress certain people on here (especially for a city of 2 million people) but Montreal has had a violent start to 2021 by its standards of recent years.
So far it's had 5 murders, which if the current pace continues would put it on track for 40-50 murders for the year.
In recent years it's been clocking in at around 25-30 murders annually.
But already alarm bells are going off in the Quebec government and some politicians are calling for action.
The various debates over policing in recent months and years led Montreal's police (like in many other cities) to review some of its practices, and towards the end of 2020 they were implementing new policies on random stops and checks. The guidelines for officers being allowed to do this are becoming more restrictive.
Hopefully this spike in murders is just a temporary blip and not related to that in any way.
Another shooting today, male 50s, stable condition. 33 shootings in 6 months in the East end of the island. Crazy to see how much crime has spiked under Plante as mayor and she (nor the province) has done anything to crack down.
Another shooting today, male 50s, stable condition. 33 shootings in 6 months in the East end of the island. Crazy to see how much crime has spiked under Plante as mayor and she (nor the province) has done anything to crack down.
That's actually not that many shootings by Toronto (or even Ottawa) standards, but still too many and of course it's worrisome when there is an uptick like this.
Valérie Plante hasn't done much and likely won't do much more but this is an election year in Montreal, so we'll see how rival Denis Coderre (former mayor, former Canadian government minister) plays that card.
But I would expect the Quebec government to do something even sooner, as they're pretty no-nonsense and hard-nosed. Some people might not like their approach though.
I'm really surprised by this. I always think of Columbus as being a white collar government town. Why so high?
That's a misconception. Columbus appears on paper to have avoided decline due to its constant growth. But that is a result of annexation-- the old city of Columbus declined similarly to other cities in the industrial midwest in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. Columbus was able to successfully transition its economy away from blue collar industry, and no doubt having the state government and OSU made that easier, but it still has plenty of poverty. It's not as dissimilar from Cincinnati and Cleveland as some would like to imagine.
43,892 homicides were registered in the country in 2020, for a 20.9 / 100,000 rate. Lowest rate was in São Paulo state (7,3 / 100,000) and the highest in Ceará state (44,2 / 100,000);
That's a misconception. Columbus appears on paper to have avoided decline due to its constant growth. But that is a result of annexation-- the old city of Columbus declined similarly to other cities in the industrial midwest in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. Columbus was able to successfully transition its economy away from blue collar industry, and no doubt having the state government and OSU made that easier, but it still has plenty of poverty. It's not as dissimilar from Cincinnati and Cleveland as some would like to imagine.
Thanks for the response. I always had this idea that Columbus was a white collar unlike Cleveland or Cincinnati.
Thanks for the response. I always had this idea that Columbus was a white collar unlike Cleveland or Cincinnati.
It is more similar to Minneapolis/St Paul in that it’s the state capital with the state’s flagship university. That has helped Columbus avoid some of the pitfalls of other Rustbelt cities but not all of them.
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