Why do MAGA assume all blue cities are violent crime ridden hell scapes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, we assume nothing.

Our “lived experiences” have informed our decision to live and travel elsewhere.

You do you boo. I choose to live far away from density, subsidized housing, weed odors from neighbors, and mentally unstable hobos outside of my door.

To each their own.

Wow that’s quite an inaccurate picture.

You do know that drug use and OD rates are higher in rural populations, right?

I really don’t care. If my neighbors use drugs inside of their own homes and OD, it’s their choice.

When the meth manufacturing house next door blows up, there can be collateral damage.

Came back to my job at a rural.college after Christmas vacation to find one of my staff was out to repair damage to their house, cause the meth heads next door miscalculated.

I have so many other messed up stories I can tell from my time in the rural American South - and I'm a white southern woman.

Fortunately we are not poor and have the ability to live where we want. If my neighbors are doing meth or heroin in the $2-$3M home, I could not care less. If their home explodes, it doesn’t impact me for more than a day.

I would care if:
My neighbors started accosting me in the street, begging for money and calling me slurs
My neighbors were nodding off in the park in front of my children while reeking of urine
My neighbors home looked like an ugly trash heap
My neighbors often urinated in public spaces and now the public library smells like pee
My neighbors weed smoking wafted to my property
My neighbors were found to be committing crimes.

You don’t like rural south? Fine! Let us enjoy it while you enjoy a life of urban vibrancy in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's tiresome to see shampoo and candy and bars of soap locked behind plastic cages at CVS, or to see drug needles on the ground, or have fear of walking in the city at night.

I’m more comfortable walking in midtown Manhattan than I am some desolate country road where I’m in big trouble if a pick up truck stops next to me and tells me to get in.

Also - Based on the latest data, Tennessee has a significantly higher rate of gun deaths per capita than New York. For 2023, the total age-adjusted gun death rate in Tennessee was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, while New York's was 4.7 per 100,000. That’s a huge difference.

Compare two cities - As of 2024, the gun death rate in Jackson, Mississippi, was drastically higher than in Boston, Massachusetts. Data shows that Jackson had the highest per-capita homicide rate in the U.S. in 2024, while Boston's homicide rate was at a near-historic low.

Compare a red state and a blue state on the safety of women regarding the most serious assault - Massachusetts rape rate: For 2023, the rape rate was 27.3 per 100,000 people. This rate of violence against women in Massachusetts is lower than the U.S. national average.

Texas rape rate: For 2023, the rate was 49.5 per 100,000 people, placing Texas among the highest rates of violence against women in the country.


I am so sick of the stupidest people in our country buying this bull that Trump sells. Blue states are safer including their cities. How much taxpayer money was spent on the dog and pony show that Trump put on in Portland, DC, Chicago?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's tiresome to see shampoo and candy and bars of soap locked behind plastic cages at CVS, or to see drug needles on the ground, or have fear of walking in the city at night.

I’m more comfortable walking in midtown Manhattan than I am some desolate country road where I’m in big trouble if a pick up truck stops next to me and tells me to get in.

Also - Based on the latest data, Tennessee has a significantly higher rate of gun deaths per capita than New York. For 2023, the total age-adjusted gun death rate in Tennessee was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, while New York's was 4.7 per 100,000. That’s a huge difference.

Compare two cities - As of 2024, the gun death rate in Jackson, Mississippi, was drastically higher than in Boston, Massachusetts. Data shows that Jackson had the highest per-capita homicide rate in the U.S. in 2024, while Boston's homicide rate was at a near-historic low.

Compare a red state and a blue state on the safety of women regarding the most serious assault - Massachusetts rape rate: For 2023, the rape rate was 27.3 per 100,000 people. This rate of violence against women in Massachusetts is lower than the U.S. national average.

Texas rape rate: For 2023, the rate was 49.5 per 100,000 people, placing Texas among the highest rates of violence against women in the country.


I am so sick of the stupidest people in our country buying this bull that Trump sells. Blue states are safer including their cities. How much taxpayer money was spent on the dog and pony show that Trump put on in Portland, DC, Chicago?

And which party controls Jackson, Mississippi?

It brings me no pleasure to point out that all the crime stuff is correlated to the size of the African-American population, not to the party in charge. Furthermore, pro-crime democrat district attorneys and judges obstruct the proper administration of justice in these high crime areas.

If Republicans had a way to reduce crime in cities like Jackson they would present that solution to voters, run for office and win. Why hasn't that happened?

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that they don’t like it when you point out that they’re ridiculous for believing such non sense, or make fun of the for hiding under their beds.

[Anonymous]

Ah yes, the bravery of co-existing with bums that shit directly on the ground nearly on command. Who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ah yes, the bravery of co-existing with bums that shit directly on the ground nearly on command. Who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by that?

Are you ok? You’ve got some weird things going on in your head that just accidentally escaped, got typed out, and posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's tiresome to see shampoo and candy and bars of soap locked behind plastic cages at CVS, or to see drug needles on the ground, or have fear of walking in the city at night.

I’m more comfortable walking in midtown Manhattan than I am some desolate country road where I’m in big trouble if a pick up truck stops next to me and tells me to get in.

Also - Based on the latest data, Tennessee has a significantly higher rate of gun deaths per capita than New York. For 2023, the total age-adjusted gun death rate in Tennessee was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, while New York's was 4.7 per 100,000. That’s a huge difference.

Compare two cities - As of 2024, the gun death rate in Jackson, Mississippi, was drastically higher than in Boston, Massachusetts. Data shows that Jackson had the highest per-capita homicide rate in the U.S. in 2024, while Boston's homicide rate was at a near-historic low.

Compare a red state and a blue state on the safety of women regarding the most serious assault - Massachusetts rape rate: For 2023, the rape rate was 27.3 per 100,000 people. This rate of violence against women in Massachusetts is lower than the U.S. national average.

Texas rape rate: For 2023, the rate was 49.5 per 100,000 people, placing Texas among the highest rates of violence against women in the country.


I am so sick of the stupidest people in our country buying this bull that Trump sells. Blue states are safer including their cities. How much taxpayer money was spent on the dog and pony show that Trump put on in Portland, DC, Chicago?

And which party controls Jackson, Mississippi?

It brings me no pleasure to point out that all the crime stuff is correlated to the size of the African-American population, not to the party in charge. Furthermore, pro-crime democrat district attorneys and judges obstruct the proper administration of justice in these high crime areas.

If Republicans had a way to reduce crime in cities like Jackson they would present that solution to voters, run for office and win. Why hasn't that happened?

+1 Why isn’t Trump sending troops into the violent hellholes of Jackson, Birmingham, and St. Louis?

During the last decade, rural counties had a per-capita murder rate 37% higher than urban counties. It isn’t the cities themselves that cause red state crime. It’s poverty, lax gun laws, chronic underinvestment in schools and mental health care, and decades of Republican punitive justice/mass incarceration policies that don’t work and don’t address the root cause.

[Anonymous]

I mean obviously the narrative is being pushed that Dem controlled cities are unsafe all the time on Fox, etc.

I travel to a lot of cities and they all have nice areas and areas you want to stay away from after dark. This correlated with income.

To really fix the issue we need to get to the root of the problem and increase the income in the pooorer areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's tiresome to see shampoo and candy and bars of soap locked behind plastic cages at CVS, or to see drug needles on the ground, or have fear of walking in the city at night.

I’m more comfortable walking in midtown Manhattan than I am some desolate country road where I’m in big trouble if a pick up truck stops next to me and tells me to get in.

Also - Based on the latest data, Tennessee has a significantly higher rate of gun deaths per capita than New York. For 2023, the total age-adjusted gun death rate in Tennessee was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, while New York's was 4.7 per 100,000. That’s a huge difference.

Compare two cities - As of 2024, the gun death rate in Jackson, Mississippi, was drastically higher than in Boston, Massachusetts. Data shows that Jackson had the highest per-capita homicide rate in the U.S. in 2024, while Boston's homicide rate was at a near-historic low.

Compare a red state and a blue state on the safety of women regarding the most serious assault - Massachusetts rape rate: For 2023, the rape rate was 27.3 per 100,000 people. This rate of violence against women in Massachusetts is lower than the U.S. national average.

Texas rape rate: For 2023, the rate was 49.5 per 100,000 people, placing Texas among the highest rates of violence against women in the country.


I am so sick of the stupidest people in our country buying this bull that Trump sells. Blue states are safer including their cities. How much taxpayer money was spent on the dog and pony show that Trump put on in Portland, DC, Chicago?

And which party controls Jackson, Mississippi?

It brings me no pleasure to point out that all the crime stuff is correlated to the size of the African-American population, not to the party in charge. Furthermore, pro-crime democrat district attorneys and judges obstruct the proper administration of justice in these high crime areas.

oKKK. So you are proposing paying them reparations for the 2 centuries of abuse, theft, and murder, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah yes, the bravery of co-existing with bums that shit directly on the ground nearly on command. Who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by that?

Are you ok? You’ve got some weird things going on in your head that just accidentally escaped, got typed out, and posted.

Sounds like you haven’t been to San Francisco in awhile. You should try it out and report back.

[Anonymous]

I only trust murder statistics; crime statistics are heavily manipulated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's tiresome to see shampoo and candy and bars of soap locked behind plastic cages at CVS, or to see drug needles on the ground, or have fear of walking in the city at night.

I’m more comfortable walking in midtown Manhattan than I am some desolate country road where I’m in big trouble if a pick up truck stops next to me and tells me to get in.

Also - Based on the latest data, Tennessee has a significantly higher rate of gun deaths per capita than New York. For 2023, the total age-adjusted gun death rate in Tennessee was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, while New York's was 4.7 per 100,000. That’s a huge difference.

Compare two cities - As of 2024, the gun death rate in Jackson, Mississippi, was drastically higher than in Boston, Massachusetts. Data shows that Jackson had the highest per-capita homicide rate in the U.S. in 2024, while Boston's homicide rate was at a near-historic low.

Compare a red state and a blue state on the safety of women regarding the most serious assault - Massachusetts rape rate: For 2023, the rape rate was 27.3 per 100,000 people. This rate of violence against women in Massachusetts is lower than the U.S. national average.

Texas rape rate: For 2023, the rate was 49.5 per 100,000 people, placing Texas among the highest rates of violence against women in the country.


I am so sick of the stupidest people in our country buying this bull that Trump sells. Blue states are safer including their cities. How much taxpayer money was spent on the dog and pony show that Trump put on in Portland, DC, Chicago?

And which party controls Jackson, Mississippi?

It brings me no pleasure to point out that all the crime stuff is correlated to the size of the African-American population, not to the party in charge. Furthermore, pro-crime democrat district attorneys and judges obstruct the proper administration of justice in these high crime areas.

oKKK. So you are proposing paying them reparations for the 2 centuries of abuse, theft, and murder, right?

DP: I think our accounts are square.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, we assume nothing.

Our “lived experiences” have informed our decision to live and travel elsewhere.

You do you boo. I choose to live far away from density, subsidized housing, weed odors from neighbors, and mentally unstable hobos outside of my door.

To each their own.

Wow that’s quite an inaccurate picture.

You do know that drug use and OD rates are higher in rural populations, right?

Rural areas are much safer. Most American cities have large neighborhoods that are "sundown towns" where no one is willing to step into after dark, no matter how liberal and anti-Maga they are on the internet.

Not necessarily - there are a lot more people in cities than in rural America. A LOT more. If you instead go by per capita crime then it actually turns out that there are a lot of parts of rural America that have more crime than the cities.

[Anonymous]

It’s surprising to me that MAGAs are proud of being soooooo skkkeeered of cities. Do they really not know how pathetic and embarrassing they seem? No wonder they are losing ground with young people. Imagine being a 20 something that is proud to hide out in the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, we assume nothing.

Our “lived experiences” have informed our decision to live and travel elsewhere.

You do you boo. I choose to live far away from density, subsidized housing, weed odors from neighbors, and mentally unstable hobos outside of my door.

To each their own.

Wow that’s quite an inaccurate picture.

You do know that drug use and OD rates are higher in rural populations, right?

Rural areas are much safer. Most American cities have large neighborhoods that are "sundown towns" where no one is willing to step into after dark, no matter how liberal and anti-Maga they are on the internet.

Hahahaha. I've lived in both, and I don't think you know what a "sundown town" is. Almost every small town in the rural mountains parts of the South is a "sundown town" where black people are supposed to be out of town by sundown or face the consequences.

You must be from another country or don't know any US history because your school didn't teach it.

Anyhow, I've lived in some rural southern towns (that's weren't sundown towns in the mountains) and you really don't want to go the local Wal Mart after 10pm, as I found out the hard way. Rural doesn't always mean safe, particularly if you are a woman.

The local drug stores have everything locked up in rural areas too. And usually there are a whole bunch of meth heads. Which is why Fox News viewers think urban areas much be ten times worse.

Yes, I'm intentionally using and inverting the term "sundown town" to parody you. I've lived in the rural south too. Rural sundown towns don't exist anymore, a black woman has a very low chance of robbed at gunpoint or raped in a southern hick town.

But a woman has a significant chance to run into mischief in East St. Louis or West Baltimore or parts of Chicago. So which is the *real* sundown town? Use your critical thinking skills to answer my question-- don't just regurgitate your school propaganda!

DP and NP. I am a Black woman and beg to differ. Roughly eight years ago as my DH and I drove from NO back to Alexandria, VA we made a pit stop in a Walmart in Mississippi. DH had a thing with acquiring ammo and Walmart was a good place to get it cheap. As I roamed casually roamed the store while DH compared ammo prices, two white men walked up to me and said “my you’re tall for a woman (I’m 5’8 1/2”), what brings you here. You’re not from these parts are you. Don’t know where you at”. It was definitely an eerie and uncomfortable feeling going through my veins and I made my way to the ammo section in the store. This exchanged occurred in broad daylight in a mega store. I would hate how that conversation would have ended after the sun went down. I never had that experience or feeling in broad daylight Baltimore or Chicago. I’ve never been to st Louis, so I can’t say one way or the other.