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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye
Don’t know why everyone that moves or visits TV thinks it’s any different than any other city in America! It’s not just because we think we’re all old.
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I beg to disagree. From my perspective The Villages is a LOT different.
I hail from Minnesota (a good state to be "from", especially now). See below:
"Minnesota recorded 185 murders in 2020, up 58 percent from 117 in 2019. That broke the record of 183 set in 1995 when Minneapolis alone had a record 97 homicides. The report said 75 percent of the state's murders last year were committed with guns, up from 69 percent in 2019. The homicide “clearance rate” was 65 percent of cases resulting in arrests, in line with 64 percent in 2019 but below the closure rates for 2016-18.
Other significant trends included a nearly 54 percent increase in arson to 710 fires after several years of declines. Motor vehicle thefts rose nearly 20 percent to 13,662, the most since 2005, amid a surge in carjackings. Bias crimes hit the highest number in 15 years, with 223 incidents reported, and 41 percent were motivated by bias against Black people. The value of property stolen jumped nearly 55 percent to $216 million, with big increases in thefts of food, grooming products, cash and vehicles." (MPR)
The space cadets are firmly in charge in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, as is shown by the fact that, even as crime is spiking precipitously, the movement in Minneapolis and St. Paul is to actually LESSEN police presence. Minneapolis has an item on the ballot that will be voted on in less than a month, to actually DEFUND the police and replace them with some kind of nebulously-defined "ambassadors" and social workers. Up there, cops are the enemy.
Down here? Here, I see that law enforcement is embraced and valued.
BIG difference.