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Shikadi314 t1_j2c2afr wrote

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

Did incomes go up in the second half of the year ?

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felinebeeline t1_j2c7bv1 wrote

Poverty isn't the one and only factor that affects murder rates, but increased poverty has always resulted in increases in crime. It wouldn't make sense for there not to be an increase in murders, considering inflation and the widening gap between the rich and the poor. Salaries and wages have not kept up with inflation.

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