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buxtonOJ t1_j2b2sir wrote

Reply to comment by gutterbrain73 in ABC News: "Washington, DC, records back-to-back years with 200 murders for 1st time in nearly 20 years" by Swampoodle1984

“Gotta pump those numbers up” - Philly

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mc12345678 t1_j2b81vb wrote

napkin math, but Philly has way more people:

Baltimore Murders: 332
Baltimore Population: 554000
pct of population murdered 0.00059%

Philadelphia Murders: 514
Philadelphia Population: 1610000
pct of population murdered: 0.00031%

DC 2022 Murders: 201
DC Population:  707000
pct of population murdered: 0.00028%
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buxtonOJ t1_j2b8ahx wrote

Whooosh

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mc12345678 t1_j2b8pla wrote

No, I get Philly wasn't literally saying "hold my beer", I was just adding on that Baltimore is actually still worse.

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