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Omit certain statistics in your study and you can come up with any conclusion you're looking for. Cities are a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in them.
ReplyDeleteIf the burbs were allowed to 'not' have any sort of Section 8 mandated housing, changes the story no?
ReplyDeleteThe article does not limit itself to crime violence, but extends to all injuries. It seems plausible. Wouldn't you think you're more likely to be injured at an orchard or on a farm than pushing a pencil?
ReplyDeleteMost can accept accidental death in the suburbs vs. being purposely slain in the slight statistical edge of cities. Most people in either locale live long lives, however, which is why so many choose to live that life in the burbs. Farms, incidentally, are very dangerous places.
ReplyDeleteI say lets turn Sage loose off the Market Frankford El in West Philadelphia around 2:00 am and he'll wish he was in Topton or Hereford.
ReplyDeleteAnother mind numbing waste of money. You could pick at the bones of this all day long.
ReplyDeleteYou are safer in a federal prison than on the streets of a city. Does that mean we should all glorify prisons.
One is safer in Kabul or Baghdad than in Philadelphia.
ReplyDeleteon the other hand, Geeting will tout this this as yet another good reason to pack people into his personal utopian vision - high rise apartments in cities living shoulder-to-shoulder, nut-to-butt
ReplyDelete"One is safer in Kabul or Baghdad than in Philadelphia."
ReplyDeleteIt is, but I love it there and feel safe there. I love Chinatown, Washington Street, South Street, old Philadelphia.
I hope no one has gotten paid for such a retarded statistic!!
ReplyDeleteGotten?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/gotten
ReplyDeletehttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gotten
ReplyDeletehttp://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/gotten
ReplyDeleteGotten it yet?
ReplyDeleteThat word is like scratching your fingernails across a chalkboard. The English, which is where we got our language, don't use it. I understand the word is not used much outside of New England.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree it is grammatically correct. ... In this country.
Sorry but us lowbrow locals use it too.
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I would prefer "no one has been paid". You are right, though. I stand corrected. I am a snob. A bottom-feeder, but a snobby one.
ReplyDeleteIt hurts my snobby ears.
ReplyDeleteBlog snob Bernie,
ReplyDeleteOrigin:
Gotten has been in use since the 4th century in Britain and was used by Shakespeare. In Richard III he writes:
With much ado at length have gotten leave,
To look upon my sometimes royal master's face.
When America was colonized, speakers of English in both the old country and the new country all used gotten. However, over time in Britain the original past participle faded away and was simply replaced by got.
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Yes, that's pretty much what I've already said. I am both a snob and arrogant.
ReplyDeleteAnd a bottom-feeder.
Regardless, keep up the good work Bernie.
ReplyDeleteFaithful lurker X
Thank you for the grammar lesson.
ReplyDeleteAnother dubious study for the social engineers to use in their attempt to force people back into the cities.
ReplyDeleteWell, you rarely get run over by a Moose.
ReplyDeleteRead the news in Allentown ... specifically, all the shootings?
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Genius.
Upper Saucon Joe.
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised in the City of Brotherly Love. At ripe ole age of 20 I was taking classes at Temple. BAD NEIGHBORHOOD. As i Left my car to go to class Four Trayvon Martins were sitting on the sidewalk cutting class at their local high school.They all looked me down as easy prey.As soon as I turned my back these scum bags came right after me. I ran two city blocks onto Temples property and they disappeared.
1.) The Inner Cityis dangerous .
2.) Blacks are their own worst enemy .It was because of that incident That I will forever profile Blacks....DO YOU BLAME ME ?
You seem more concerned with grammer than racist comment.
ReplyDeleteActually, I missed that comment and just deletedi it. I will delete or point out racist comments.
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