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Originally Posted by Kngkyle
The recent increases are definitely a coast to coast problem but our big city rivals LA and NY would have to double their murder rate every year for a number of years to even equal Chicago. Lets not sugarcoat it too much. It's a major problem and blackeye for the city that our main rivals do not suffer from. I don't know what the answer is to solving the problem but something has to be done if our city is ever to reach its true potential.
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Correct, but realizing that some crazy increases have happened around most US cities in 2020 and 2021 is important to understand that some of the issues might be more systemic and far reaching than just 1 city.
You state you don't know how to fix the problem - one of the first steps to identifying various solutions is understanding the issues. The 30% increase in the entire US from 2019 to 2020 in homicides, and further increasing in 2021, might actually be a key in understanding how to remedy the situation not just in Chicago but everywhere. If you just focus on 1 city, you might actually miss some of the further issues that could help you actually reduce these rates in any city.