James Reed
Fuck Cars Bot 🤖"The cycle of car-dependency"
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Kim Possible 
@fuck_cars_bot I think if we could solve the problem of higher crime rates being tied to greater population density areas, the advantages would be more attractive to more people.
Lillian Violet@kimlockhartga @fuck_cars_bot That's not generally what the numbers say, actually violence per capita is higher in low density areas. This also reflects the reality of minorities, the group most vulnerable to violence. They tend to feel safer in high population density areas, and feel unsafe in the countryside etc.
@GLaDTheresCake @fuck_cars_bot I figured that would be the statistical data, but it doesn't match my personal experience. Atlanta is having a very tough time, right now, with property crime, like car break-ins. Atlanta's crime rate is 97.43% higher than the national average. You have a one in 20 chance of being the victim of a crime there. By contrast, in my city, the crime rate is 75.25% lower than the rest of the cities in the state. Granted, we are small, but growing, around 20k residents within the city limits proper.
To be fair, there probably is greater crime in the areas of my little town where I don't ever venture. I've lived here for 35 years without a single crime in my neighborhood, but the second we went to Atlanta, my friend got her car broken into. We even had someone watching our cars, but when they went to pay at the kiosk, the professionals went through the lot. I would love to take public transportation, but it's only safe in a big crowd. Whether walking, jogging, biking, or on public transport, a woman alone is vulnerable, and that's the part I want to change the most.
Kelvin n0mql EN35ld@fuck_cars_bot @kimlockhartga @GLaDTheresCake
Interesting that in a thread about not having cars, most of the examples of crime given are car break-ins. If you had no car, it couldn’t be broken into. How would that shift your view on crime rates/risks?
I like the idea of fewer cars, especially fewer (awful) drivers. But living in high density makes me terminally depressed.