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Some good news - (less) Crime in NY
I get this mailed to me as a subscriber so sorry no direct link, but I thought it was an interesting insight on Americaâs capacity to solve its own problems.After two years of struggling in the polls, Michael Bloomberg, New Yorkâs mayor, seemed nearly beatific when he announced the cityâs latest good news: New York has the lowest overall crime rate among cities in the United States with more than 1m people. This is according to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the first half of the year. The city could end the year with fewer than 600 murders for the second time in four decades, the mayor announced on December 15th. America now has the lowest crime rates of a large developed country after Japan. In contrast crime rates have got much worse in most of Europe. And that darling of Left South Africa is now the crime capital of the world and looks like heading for a failed-state status. Here is a link I predict that an unanticipated outcome of the WOT is a further sharp reduction in crimes in the USA. Every cloud has its silver lining. Posted by: phil_b 2004-01-09 |
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