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Tizzy8 t1_j25icur wrote

Reply to comment by supercrooky in Violent Crime Rates of Massachusetts Municipalities (2020) (OC) (re-upload based on constructive criticism) by potkea

You run into this in Western Mass as well. The college students are often counted as living at home make the population of places like Amherst look smaller than it is.

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kd8qdz t1_j25sytn wrote

North Adams gets hit by both factors. And its small, one extra even a year is a big deal when your population is barely over 12K.

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Seaworthiness222 t1_j26u1jx wrote

I don't know. I think it says something. Paxton has a college, is 7K people and still has really low rates.

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