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cnorl t1_j9b9ryj wrote

Reply to comment by Orangefan71 in Young Professionals Moving to Providence by peonybutterfly

This is ridiculous fearmongering.

There are parts of Elmwood which have higher populations of poor people, thus have higher incidence of certain types of crime. Like most other neighborhoods in which this is the case, if you are minding your own business and not Involved in buying or selling drugs, etc, nobody is going to bother you.

Also this is not all of Elmwood. My street and the one mile radius around me is full of 300-500k houses and families. It’s gorgeous and well maintained and there are kids and families out walking around all of the time.

You’re just as likely to get mugged walking around the east side late at night as you are on the south side.

The reason to live on the west end is that it’s closer walking distance to places you might want to go out. But it’s also increasingly expensive. You can easily spend Boston or NYC money to live there. And personally, I wonder why I would do that it I can live for 30% less a few minutes down the road.

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Previous_Floor t1_j9btxta wrote

>You’re just as likely to get mugged walking around the east side late at night as you are on the south side.

disinformation

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cnorl t1_j9c94q0 wrote

https://www.areavibes.com/providence-ri/federal+hill/crime/

https://www.areavibes.com/providence-ri/elmwood/crime/

Federal Hill has significantly higher crime rates than Elmwood. As does downtown, and Fox Point.

https://www.areavibes.com/providence-ri/fox+point/crime/

https://www.areavibes.com/providence-ri/downtown/crime/

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Hellion102792 t1_j9ijiaw wrote

You're trying to present facts to a shut-in who spends their time keeping the hobby of trying to frame Providence as some third-world center of random violence. It's an alt. The old account was Material-Fabulous and now this account suspiciously follows the same MO since that account has disappeared. If you disagree with them, some account called orangefan whatever will sometimes jump in to defend them. That account follows a similar format as this account, probably another alt.

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cnorl t1_j9ip4hs wrote

I’m a petty and simple man. This person left a comment about crime statistics and then deleted it or edited it such that it’s no longer there after I left mine. Regardless of their troll status, this is a win that I will celebrate for weeks. Doesn’t matter if I’m the only one in the world who cares.

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