Chicago crime rate is one of my favorite things conservatives talk about as a distraction. The area I grew up in consistently topped Chicago in homicide rates...as did st. Louis which was the city everyone held up as a shiny beacon of the finest city in the midwest. It was just bonkers. "Chicago...well they have 500 murders, you know why...have you seen how early it gets dark out up there!" "Well, it's a much larger city so yes, more murder but less per capita. The town we are in now...way higher." "No see they had 500 but we have 40 or 50...they have so much crime." "You have 100k people.. so to make it a good comparison you divide how many get killed by how many are in the population." "Naw, see when you are at The Landing, ain't no bullshit." "...well ok."
I'm not good at story telling
it's a weird break from reality though.