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If you're old enough you might remember Americans were much more violent from 1960 to 1995 or so and the crime rate was incredibly high in American cities, leading to what was called white flight.

Now, if you work with young people (so-called zoomers), you'll notice they are absolutely not like this anymore.

At least 30% of this was caused by everyone breathing leaded gasoline.


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Of course, people get randomly assaulted on the subway. NYC isn't that safe.

However, every time someone gets assaulted on the subway these days, it's in the news, complete with cellphone camera video from multiple witnesses.

Back in the 1960s, when violent stuff happened, there was not much record of it and it didn't get into the news unless it was particularly bad.

Perception has really changed, along with information technology.


Your problem is you're watching the news, don't do that. (The rate of news articles is pretty much never connected to how much crime there actually is.)

NYC is more or less the safest place in the world; it's certainly the safest place in the US. And the remaining danger is getting hit by cars, not in the subway.

It wasn't like this in 1990.


Your problem is that my punching over the internet device is still just a prototype.

It isn't as bad as the literal dumpster fire 70s era either, sure, but good grief what a delusional take. Come visit.


But lead increases your testosterone! (Look it up.)

Now, all you get is microplastics, which do the opposite.

And testosterone makes you objectively cooler and better as a person. For example, violence is cool.




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