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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boston has 12 murders so far this year and around 40,000 less people than DC. Incredible. [/quote]

There's one big difference between Boston and DC....[/quote]

What is that (what is the difference)?[/quote]
Poor people, no education, no hope, generational poverty. I lived in the hood when I first moved here. Conflict is what they are engaged every waking hour. The ones who would like to get out, don't have the money. They live in stress, anger. Gave me anxiety.
I didn't even mention mental health/SN. Crime is the norm. 
Super messed up, but it was created by society, politics, history. 
Poor in US, any race, seem more messed up that many other places.[/quote]

There are poor people in every city. In many cities there are many poor immigrants who come here with nothing but trauma and even they don’t commit crimes like the urban folks here. We should all stop making excuses for these people “oh but they’re poor and their parents were poor, what do you expect” and actually hold them all accountable to basic standards. When you hold people accountable, they will change their behavior. When you make excuses for them, they won’t.[/quote]

Exactly right. This realization as I've become older, borne out of years of observations living in DC, has shifted my political loyalties more towards the center than they were before.[/quote]

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