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The "30-year low in violent crime" still puts DC ahead of every state in homicide rate. If DC were a country, it would rank somewhere around the top 20 most murderous. Venezuela, a literal failed state, has a lower homicide rate. Russia, the dysfunctional kleptocracy that it is, is less than a third as murderous as DC.

Might not the people of DC deserve better? Is it possible that problems exist in real life outside of "media attention"?

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DC isn't a state or a country. How's it compare to other cities in the US?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities...

Sorting by Total here looks like #25 in violent crime and #29 in property crime.

Your source has DC at #30 in total crime, #25 in total violent crime, and #29 in total property crime.

Where is it in list literacy? ;)

DC is a city, not a state. You seem to be aware of this distinction in this comment [1] and yet you conflate the two here..

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44871583

Stop spamming the thread with this nonsense. The correct comparison is to other cities, because it’s a city. Not a state or a country.

What is your point? I'm well aware that DC is a city. Its crime stats are horrific as a city, compared to other cities. The cities that rank higher than DC are even more horrific. I'm dismayed that policymakers in all of these places favor the rights of multiply-convicted violent criminals over those of the law-abiding.

It's illustrative to compare against famously poorly-run countries. What are you trying to illustrate here by pointing out that DC is a city?

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