Comments on: Is New York getting safer? https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/is-new-york-getting-safer/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:46:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/is-new-york-getting-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-374107 Alrenous Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:52:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26873#comment-374107 Which means if NY only doubled, it was a hotbed of villainy even in 1900, as compared to the UK.

Currently La Wik’s reported murder rate for NY is nearly four times that of the UK.

So, extrapolating backwards – and just going for ballpark here – murder rates in NY were 6700% of the UK’s in 1900. A factor of sixty five, or so.

]]> By: Vimothy https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/is-new-york-getting-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-373993 Vimothy Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:27:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26873#comment-373993 4700% is the increase in indictable offences in the UK, not NY.

]]> By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2011/10/is-new-york-getting-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-368990 Alrenous Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:05:19 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=26873#comment-368990 And Cowen catches up with Moldbug. Congratulations, Cowen. (Ctrl-f “4700%”)

I’m being too harsh…I do enjoy independent corroboration. However, Moldbug’s numbers suggest that either Cowen is still underestimating, or NY was a hotbed of villainy even in 1900.

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