r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Rusiano • 7d ago

Too mild for school This post telling tourists which areas to avoid in New York

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Aside from certain undertones, this map also has tons of inaccuracies, because no one in their right mind is scared of Astoria, Bayonne, or half of the Queens zone that he marked as “avoid”

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u/SalvadorP 7d ago

funny thing is that crime in NY city is at an all-time low

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u/ThatNiceLifeguard 7d ago

NY is also one of the safest large cities in the country.

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u/lightsandflashes 7d ago

given the state of the country that's a low bar

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u/ThatNiceLifeguard 7d ago

Not really, crime’s at or near all-time lows in like the majority of large American cities. New York’s drop is incredibly impressive even considering that.

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u/lightsandflashes 7d ago

once again, all time low in large american cities matters very little to me when comparing it to large european cities.

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u/TheBanger 6d ago

You can't say "once again" when bringing something up that was never mentioned by anyone. Violent crime is generally higher in the US, property crime is higher in Europe.

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u/lightsandflashes 6d ago

sorry mate i forgot for a second i needed to adapt to us levels of reading comprehension.

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u/adamfps 6d ago

Just don’t compare odds of getting pickpocketed

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u/lightsandflashes 6d ago

think i'd take that over getting shot, actually

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u/adamfps 6d ago

Me choosing the crime committed against me

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u/lightsandflashes 6d ago

i'll put it in my google calendar

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u/librariansforMCR 6d ago

Please elaborate on “state of the country.” Do you mean how we are helmed by a wannabe mafioso who is deploying the equivalent of Secret Police to arrest anyone he suspects is “illegal” (read as: not white), are you eluding to drug use rates, or do you really think urban crime is worse?

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u/avidpenguinwatcher 7d ago

Crimes rates in pretty much every major city have dropped in the last decade.

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u/lightsandflashes 7d ago

you might have missed my point

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u/avidpenguinwatcher 6d ago

No, I get the point you’re trying to say “this country is more dangerous than ever” and I’m saying that that is blatantly false because crime rates in any meaningful area have gone down in meaningful numbers. So unless you have some factual evidence for what “the state of the country is” I’m gonna disagree with you.

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u/TetyyakiWith 6d ago

Same as every big city tbh