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Originally Posted by Handro
Yes it does get annoying arguing against Chicago's rep as a crime capital. Plenty of other big, "safe" cities that people visit and move to each year have higher violent crime rates than Chicago (Philly, Washington, Houston) as you mentioned. I don't know how the city would even begin to point this out though.
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It's a headwind. But when things flip, they can flip fast. There were a series of movies made in the 80's about New York needing a wall around it because it was so violent. And if you watch "Death Wish" (1974) now, it seems unbelievable. (Also unbelievable is Jeff Goldblum's performance as a street thug)
But a few years of solid, above-trend growth, job growth and lower crime rates and Chicago would become a man-bites-dog story and THAT would become a news story.