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Originally Posted by COtoOC
I don't know (haven't looked it up), but maybe OKC?
I live in Denver now and the crime rate (especially homicide) is way lower than the violent cities.
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Should be obvious by now that Midwest cities that were decimated by deregulation/loss of manufacturing/loss of headquarters/etc. with historically large African-American populations (Chicago, St. Louis, KC, etc.) that were forced into inner-city ghettos and now live in concentrated poverty have higher crime rates. St. Louis City is roughly half A-A with a poverty rate just under 30% even though the population is only ~300K. The vast majority of the violent crime takes place within the A-A community. Same for Chicago. Denver has, what, like 5 black people that recently moved there?