New York's murder rate is very similar to Denver's, and was actually lower in 2012. Its violent days are long past, and even its bad neighborhoods are as safe from violent crime as its richest 20 years ago: http://observer.com/2013/05/bloomberg-recalls-upper-east-sid...

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