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Tech people grow up in more wealthy backgrounds than most Americans and as such they're much more sensitive to the perception of crime than others. Because of their backgrounds, they're also more likely to empathize with a rich person than a poor person in East Palo Alto who died from a stray bullet.

America is not safe at all compared to most other developed countries. The rich usually just segregate themselves out of the crime.




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