If you would like to dispute these numbers, you have my permission. But try to do so with facts, not “My Aunt Tilly says…” or “I heard about a guy who…”

I wish I could say it was rare to come across those who embody Taleb's formula of Intellectual Yet Idiot but sadly, many places on the 'web prove to be incubators where such are found. PA was such a place and the constant echoing of 1 point of view turned you into the guy you are - a walking, talking corollary of Taleb: Pretend Intellectual, Yet Idiot. A classic symptom of that is the need to gratuitously insult those around you.

Get out more. It's clear that you spend too much time talking to fellow travelers, which in your case is like marinating your brain in a Béarnaise de Stupid...but I digress.

Let's ignore your limp attempt to shift the discussion to rural states and just zoom into where I live. You know, the place that's made headlines that people like you ignore.

Seattle's crime data: seattle.gov - SPD CRIME REPORT FINAL

“The violent crime rate reached a 15-year high in 2022." <--- Oh, that's not good.

What do the stats say?

OFFENSE CATEGORY OFFENSE 2022 2021 AMT CHANGE % CHANGE
VIOLENT HOMICIDE 52 42 10 24%
RAPE 281 270 11 4%
ROBBERY 1,760 1,755 5 0%
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3,498 3,326 172 5%
VIOLENT TOTAL 5,591 5,393 198 4%
PROPERTY ARSON 181 224 -43 -19%
BURGLARY 8,657 9,826 -1,169 -12%
LARCENY-THEFT 28,228 26,976 1,252 5%
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 6,920 5,324 1,596 30%
PROPERTY TOTAL 43,986 42,350 1,636 4%
GRAND TOTAL 49,577 47,743 1,834 4%

Murder up 24%.

But what about 2023?

komonews.com - Seattle homicide marks highest rate in nearly decades record number murder death grim milestone police departm

From 52 to 72 murders. Yuck. There goes your point. And so much for the point that "The 90's were worse". Not for murder in Seattle.

Fear not, though. You can take solace in the fact that Seattle:

*Rejected its woke Mayor and elected somebody way more moderate
*Elected a Republican city attorney
*Elected a moderate supermajority on the city council

...and public safety was the reason why for all 3. A bunch of the legislature's more stupid woke legislation is getting the boot this fall when it goes on the ballot. We're starting to see crime nose over and head down in the city, and not because of proggie policies.

Fear not, though. We're not free from the grip of dumb liberals who want to wreck the community:

komonews.com - King county judge patricia h clark children family justice center youth detention center crime crisis juvenile

Executive Dow Constantine announced during the summer of 2020 that the youth jail in Seattle’s Central District would close by 2025. He has since backed off that, calling it an ‘aspirational’ goal, and it wouldn’t happen until 2028 at the earliest.

There's a survey button in that link you can click. It's currently running at 97% for Bad Idea. Maybe you and some other here can push the Good Idea choice a bunch.

I really want you and people like you to move to San Francisco or some equivalent blue city. Just so you get to live under what you preach.