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It’s midtown so it’s a tourist hub. Tourists are more likely to be targeted for almost all crimes. Plus they report it more.



> Plus they report it more.

The implication there is that the areas with fewer tourists have higher true rates of crime than the official stats, which makes the overall case worse...


But other places also have underreported crime. In a place where police take 30 minutes to arrive it might not be worth it to call the police for some minor things.




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