From: denis bider (denis.bider@globera.com)
Date: Sat Jan 20 2001 - 18:32:18 MST
John Calvin wrote:
> Bands of armed criminals do not roam every street in the
> cities of America. While there are admittedly areas of
> several cities where crime is rampant, the media in general
> has done an injustice to the US in characterizing our cities
> as constantly existing on the edge of anarchy. In 31 years
> living in the US I have only heard gunfire on the streets of
> any city I have been in on 3 occasions, and I have always
> lived in large cities.
I appreciate the rest of your message - I would just like to comment on this
part.
By our standards, hearing gunfire in the streets on 3 occasions in 31 years
would be a lot. I live in the largest city in Slovenia (probably more like a
town from your perspective), and I'd say most people around here don't hear
a gunshot in their whole life.
It might just be because the city is smaller, though. (It has something like
300 000 inhabitants.)
- denis
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