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CheeseburgerLover911 t1_j3rwy2w wrote
Reply to comment by randym99 in Moving Mondays - New Resident Questions by AutoModerator
I'm having a hard time reconciling that data vs. what I see on my local citizen/fb group/next door app.
This dataset seems like a lot less than what I was expecting.
randym99 t1_j3rxwgp wrote
Lol, I can't tell if you're making a joke, but just in case you're serious or for anyone else reading this who isn't sure: right, that's the most common criticism of those apps, that they tend to stoke fear needlessly. Of course, they report actual shootings but if you're not Batman, why do you need realtime updates on every shooting? Also, for every legitimate shooting, idiots report every other loud noise, of which the city has many. I do not consume those apps and have felt very safe in Point Breeze for two years now.
For add'l crime data, PPD has an interactive map but it's a little annoying to use (you have to draw the boundaries you want to search then select the time range, and it only shows up to like 1k results, so don't make your search too large): https://www.phillypolice.com/crime-maps-stats
LFKhael t1_j3ry7kn wrote
Citizen is a disease and feeds the moral panic trend at a level local news could only dream of.
My coworkers are fucking hooked on it.
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