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		djtango on Feb 6, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Subway crime plummets as ridership jumps significa... I don't live in NYC so I can't comment on what happens in NYC but when people point at data and blame social media for altering perceptions I find it disingenuous for my lived experiences in London. You only truly realise how unsafe London is after you leave and live somewhere that is safe.

llamaimperative on Feb 6, 2025 [–]

The reason we use data is because we’ve discovered, over and over, that people’s “lived experience” is actually unreliable.

Anyway obviously there’s more crime than ends up being reported, but less than people’s worst estimates.

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