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enforce1 t1_j16tz55 wrote

Reply to comment by islander1 in Baltimore police investigate 39 rideshare carjacking, robbery cases since November by ThatguyfromBaltimore

This is not an America specific thing. This is a Baltimore thing.

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completethesestreets t1_j16vxxg wrote

https://ndaa.org/wp-content/uploads/Juvenile-Carjackings-Article-FINAL.pdf

You're wrong, it is a national problem.

> In Minneapolis, for example, there were 405 carjackings last year — more than triple the number in 2019. The suspects arrested were often juveniles between the ages of 11 and 17. Other cities saw significant increases too, including New Orleans, LA, Kansas City, MO, Louisville, KY and Washington, D.C. In Chicago, there were 1,400 carjackings in 2020, with juveniles involved in nearly half of them. Chicago police say there have been 370 carjackings in the city of Chicago in the first two and a half months of 2021.

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maudlinmary t1_j172ly4 wrote

This gives me the willies for some reason. Kids are just so erratic and unpredictable, it’s so hard to gauge. You can sort of plan on what kinds of risks an informed adult will take, and plan accordingly, but teenagers are pure chaos. I used to drive for Uber in Baltimore, I’m sure glad I don’t now.

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enforce1 t1_j1bh1yl wrote

This may shock you, but no, it isn’t an American problem, it’s a city problem. I didn’t say “cities have this problem” because it didn’t make sense in context. Thousands of square miles in the US are “leave keys in the ignition” country.

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DfcukinLite t1_j17ozih wrote

It amazes how people so confidently believe everything that happens in Baltimore exclusively happens in Baltimore on this sub. How naive.

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screechingsparrakeet t1_j19l5d6 wrote

It's disingenuous to pretend that Baltimore isn't uniquely dangerous compared to many other American cities, however, or that it doesn't consistently make that rating. There are precautions that I have to take in nicer parts of Baltimore that I never had to take in the nicer parts of Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, D.C., New York, or San Antonio.

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DfcukinLite t1_j19lw4l wrote

Lol nobody said any of that. Nothing that happens in Baltimore doesn’t happen anywhere else.

If you dumped 2000k more people in Baltimore right now all of a sudden those statistics on crime look better and better.

There’s certainly places I wouldn’t go in DC, ATL, etc. and I never want to go anywhere in TX.

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MD_Weedman t1_j19evee wrote

Lots of irrational self-confidence on Reddit. Fortunately it often gets called out.

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enforce1 t1_j1bh4dr wrote

“Cities”. Most of the country, hell, most of Maryland, do not face the issues baltimore does.

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