This lying is so exhausting.
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This lying is so exhausting. "DC has some of the highest crime in the world" People just eat this up. I don't even think that was true back in the days when DC had a crime problem. Now? It's just nonsense. Lies lies lies.
And Vance is saying "well the stats are fake" Just as a throw away line. No follow up.
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This lying is so exhausting. "DC has some of the highest crime in the world" People just eat this up. I don't even think that was true back in the days when DC had a crime problem. Now? It's just nonsense. Lies lies lies.
And Vance is saying "well the stats are fake" Just as a throw away line. No follow up.
I live in the South Bronx and it's so insulting and infantilizing to have this clown tell me that *I* don't really know if there is crime or not WHERE I LIVE. That people who live in cities shouldn't have and damn say in what problems we want addressed or how to address them. That is OUR call.
Because a lot of us care a lot about these cities and love them and we've worked hard to make them the kind of places where everyone wants to live. Why do you think the rents are so high?
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This lying is so exhausting. "DC has some of the highest crime in the world" People just eat this up. I don't even think that was true back in the days when DC had a crime problem. Now? It's just nonsense. Lies lies lies.
And Vance is saying "well the stats are fake" Just as a throw away line. No follow up.
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I live in the South Bronx and it's so insulting and infantilizing to have this clown tell me that *I* don't really know if there is crime or not WHERE I LIVE. That people who live in cities shouldn't have and damn say in what problems we want addressed or how to address them. That is OUR call.
Because a lot of us care a lot about these cities and love them and we've worked hard to make them the kind of places where everyone wants to live. Why do you think the rents are so high?
I would love to live in DC and the only reason I don't is because I live in NYC which I like even better.
And you know, maybe it's not for you. That is fine. But we've worked hard to make living in cities worth it.
They are going to ruin it all.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win ffs if the "stats" are fake what are they basing the crime on? Feels?
They are just saying it to cast doubt since the numbers make it so obvious they are lying they have to say something.
This whole thing is totally political.
There are over SIXTY cities in the US with more crime than DC.
And frankly people in republican areas see higher crime rates so they just assume it MUST be worse in the cities. Because if it were... what would that mean? It doesn't align with their assumptions about reality.
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I would love to live in DC and the only reason I don't is because I live in NYC which I like even better.
And you know, maybe it's not for you. That is fine. But we've worked hard to make living in cities worth it.
They are going to ruin it all.
It's very inconvenient for Republicans that major cities aren't racked with crime and so they have just decided to lie about it and implement their playbook anyway.
If you don't live in a big city in the US please understand there isn't a "debate" about it. Crime isn't the top worry of the people who live in these cities. And the way they the fed is addressing it isn't what we'd want at all.
The data show this. The people will tell you this. If you hear someone say it push back hard.
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It's very inconvenient for Republicans that major cities aren't racked with crime and so they have just decided to lie about it and implement their playbook anyway.
If you don't live in a big city in the US please understand there isn't a "debate" about it. Crime isn't the top worry of the people who live in these cities. And the way they the fed is addressing it isn't what we'd want at all.
The data show this. The people will tell you this. If you hear someone say it push back hard.
This is a lot like the lies about "immigrant crime" that lead up to the election. Now it's just the whole city that's "crime" ... this is about manufacturing consent for repression.
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I live in the South Bronx and it's so insulting and infantilizing to have this clown tell me that *I* don't really know if there is crime or not WHERE I LIVE. That people who live in cities shouldn't have and damn say in what problems we want addressed or how to address them. That is OUR call.
Because a lot of us care a lot about these cities and love them and we've worked hard to make them the kind of places where everyone wants to live. Why do you think the rents are so high?
“Why do you think the rents are so high?”
Umm… to make real estate grifters rich, obviously.
/s
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It's very inconvenient for Republicans that major cities aren't racked with crime and so they have just decided to lie about it and implement their playbook anyway.
If you don't live in a big city in the US please understand there isn't a "debate" about it. Crime isn't the top worry of the people who live in these cities. And the way they the fed is addressing it isn't what we'd want at all.
The data show this. The people will tell you this. If you hear someone say it push back hard.
@futurebird Top worries when I lived in a "big" city
- why is the bus late? did they change the schedule again? oh no...it just started raining...
- why is the street car/light rail late? did they reduce service?
- what do you mean that street is closed and you're making me bike through the construction with traffic?!?!
- pot holes, so many pot holes
- a bridge you had to cross getting raised during your commute time (I lived in Portland)
(I now live in a small city, my biggest worry is someone in a car is going to kill me while I'm on my bike and they won't even notice...)
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“Why do you think the rents are so high?”
Umm… to make real estate grifters rich, obviously.
/s
well that too, but the demand has no bottom which enables them.
