Brazil sets new record for homicides
I recently moved to a &quot;bad neighborhood&quot; and was very surprised to learn that there was only one murder here last year, and it was between friends who had stolen something from each other.<p>There were only around 13,000 murders last year in the US, a number that used to be more like 26,000 during the crack epidemic 30 years ago. US population has increased by 10s of millions since then, but murders continue to drop.<p>Additonally, 90% of murders occur between people who know each other in some form, be it neighbors or classmates. Being robbed at gunpoint on the street or in your apartment and then shot to death is quite rare, especially if you arent in places like Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, NOLA, Cleveland, St Louis.<p>The USA certainly isn&#x27;t perfect but I was thrilled to get a good price on a great apartment in what everyone else calls &quot;the hood&quot;. I will take my chances that I won&#x27;t be the unlucky 1 out of 11,000 people who is shot here every year.