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Originally Posted by tech12

Except...they're not. Even if you ignore assault, robbery, and rape rates, and are only referring to the murder rate, they still aren't the safest large cities in America, let alone by "a long shot". There are dozens of large cities in the US with lower murder rates than both.

These stats are from 2019, but things haven't changed that much:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_crime_rate

Take a look at where Boston and SF are on the list.

Plenty of cities on that list that aren't really big cities, but rather sprawling suburbs that happen to be large. I'm not impressed that Denton TX and Scottsdale AZ are safer than SF and Boston.