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So how come Houston has 3 times the robbery rate of San Jose or San Diego? Why does St. Louis, Missouri, have a higher robbery rate than Washington, DC?


As someone from the St.Louis area I'd like to point out that the official crime rates are largely an artifact. The municipality called the City of St.Louis only covers a small amount of the actual city and includes most of the high crime areas.


New York City is also pretty far down the list for robberies, even though robbery is one of the few things trending up in NYC (or so I hear).




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