Quote:
Originally Posted by Ant131531
I wonder if the crime rates of SF and Oakland are finally beginning to match gentrification rates. Incredible numbers for Oakland and SF, especially Oakland. I mean, wasn't it a top 5 murder rate city just last year? If trends continue, it would have a murder rate of around 3.0/100k by the end of the year....obviously, I doubt it can sustain 1 murder a month but still...great month.
|
It's way too early to know what the trend will be. SF has started the year with 15 murders in like two weeks before, yet still ended with a relatively low amount. We can hope though!
And for the record, both SF and Oakland have tons of poor people, a busy drug trade, etc...I don't think gentrification has quite as much to do with the ridiculously low amount of murders so far, as luck does. But we'll see what happens.