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jimmy the one

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4. chicago safer than houston; why? if 'more guns, less crime'?
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 04:53 PM
Feb 2022

Chicago & Houston have similar populations between about 2 & 2.5 millions, similar demographics, sorta sister port cities.

2022 Compare Crime Rates: Chicago, IL vs Houston, TX

.............................Chicago, IL Houston, TX United States
violent crime rate ......49.9 ......... 50.4 ...... 22.7
property crime rate ...46.3 ........ 63.2 ...... 35.4

Guns doing great work in houston, eh? .. violent crime & murder rate parity with chicago, but houston has 40% higher property crime.
Since both together constitute 'total crime rate', houston ergo has a higher total crime rate than chicago. Dunno if this is just the two months of january & feb tho, or the 2022 report card for 2021.

https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/?city1=51714000&city2=54835000

The site below corroborates above, having chicago with 3926 total crime rate. houston 5435.
John Lott, aka Mary Rosh, was wrong.
Where is the outcry regarding houston from the right wing? tho they often bash chicago crime mercilessly.
https://www.areavibes.com/compare-results/?place1=Houston%2C%20TX&place2=Chicago%2C%20IL#cri

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