Quote from cheval fonce:
No they aren't typical. For example, poor white countries and even poor white areas in rich countries don't have stats on part with these. For example violent crime in the poorer white nations, such as Moldova, Georgia, or Romania do not have such stats. Crowding and noise are not correlated. For example the gold coast of Chicago, Lincoln Park of Chicago, the City and Canary Wharf of London, are all highly crowded and noisy areas, yet far more safe than less crowded neighboring areas. The gold goast and lincoln park are as or more crowded than south and west chicago, yet nowhere near as dangerous. Hollywood isn't much more crowded, and is every bit as loud as South Central or East LA. Again, the single best mathematically valid indicator of violent crime in an area is how much of the population is black or hispanic. Maybe wind too? With all due respect Ricter, you seem to be grasping at straws to support a position in the face of hard and decisive quantitative data.
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