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Just to clarify, are you saying that because one single bad event happened, it therefore means something general about where that single bad event happened?

You say you feel safe in Texas?[0] Interesting.

34 people were murdered in St. Paul in 2020 [1]. The population of St. Paul is 311,527 [2]. That puts the murder rate at ~10.91 per 100,000 people.

400 people were murdered in Houston in 2020 [3]. The population of Houston is 2,304,580 [4]. That puts the murder rate at ~17.36 per 100,000 people.

Can you please explain to me why you feel safer in a place that is substantially more murderous?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shootings_in_Texas

[1]: https://www.stpaul.gov/news/saint-paul-police-department-rel...

[2]: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/stpaulcityminnesota

[3] https://abc13.com/houston-2020-murders-murder-rate-police-wo...

[4]: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/houstoncitytexas




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