Friday, January 24, 2025

Why don't Americans believe that crime is falling? Retiring Guy nominates the social media app Nextdoor as one of the culprits

 

Headline:  Governing, 1/15/2025
Screengrab:  Nextdoor

We didn't have social media in the 1990s
As I write this, we are witnessing a decline in violent crime approaching the one that occurred in the 1990s. If the lessons of that decade are a reliable guide, public confidence in urban safety should be bouncing back again. This time, though, it isn’t happening.
The numbers themselves, especially the latest ones, are pretty striking. According to the FBI, the number of murders in the United States fell in 2023 by the steepest rate ever recorded. That pattern persisted in 2024. As of October, homicides were down about 16 percent nationwide, just compared with the previous year.

Other Next Door Adventures
2025

2024.  

2023
November 

October 

September
Meet Christina Hill, another Gladys Kravitz wannabe.  (9/4)

August

June
Jean deservedly roasted for her 'shocking' observation.  (6/10/2023)


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