mykyta_p

Just today, a guy shot two cheerleaders in Texas - out of the blue, no hint of self-defense or anything.

That made me check the murder rate in Austin, TX - it's about 8 per 100K. Then I checked the assault rate - 351 per 100K.

I compared those numbers with SF ones - 6.4 and 83 per 100K. The rape rate is higher in Austin as well. Both cities are tech hubs, both have comparable population and so on and so on.

I am not saying that SF doesn't need to bring it's crime down - it has to, the crime is way too high for a civilized country.

Yet I am not hearing anything about Texas crime problems. Prime-time news are dead silent on this topic, I hear no experts explaining why Austin is closing its stores because of crime (and it does closes a lot of businesses - from Walmart to Daily Juice cafes and home furnishing stores).

I am legitimately puzzled - why the difference? I cannot explain it on partisan right-wing propaganda - the mainstream media is equally silent, despite an obvious problem (that is either comparable or worse). Am I missing something?