How did you come to pick Mississippi and Louisiana as your representative rural trump states?

I just picked two that are particularly egregious, and where the complaining about New York City seems the loudest. If you would like to look at other Red States ratios, be my guest

 Its[NYC’s] 2022 homicide rate of 6.0 per 100,000 residents compares favorably to the 
rate in the United States as a whole (7.0 per 100,000) and to rates in much more violent 
cities such as St. Louis (64.4 per 100,000 residents) and New Orleans (53.3 per 100,000).
 *Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population. 

en.wikipedia.org - Crime in New York City(53.3%20per%20100%2C000).&text=*Number%20of%20reported%20crimes%20per%20100%2C000%20population.

Since the prevailing wisdom on Fox and is commonly believed among its viewers, wouldn’t they be surprised to find that the murder rate in NYC is actually below the national average? Let me know the next time you see that factoid mentioned in the Right Wing media.

How is that even relevant on a board like this?

Uh, it’s a US Policy board. Crime is a frequent topic in the US legislature and in State legislatures. A significant part of taxes goes to fighting, preventing, and solving crimes. Wouldn’t it be good if we directed the dollars to the places where the problem is? I dunno, that’s kind of logical, at least to me.