According to the Feds, the economy added 217,000 jobs in May … that’s good.
Big deal made of the fact that the economy has regained all of the jobs lost in the finance-induced recession.
But, save the high fives …that’s only part of the story.
The rest of the story doesn’t look nearly as rosy.
Well, it depends on your metric.
In terms or raw number of murders, Chicago has led the league for the past 2 years … with 412 murders in 2013 alone.
As should be expected, big cities dominate the top 10 list … partly a matter of sheer population size.
Source: Daily Beast
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To be statistically fair, let’s adjust the numbers to reflect population size.
Which U.S. city has the highest per capita murder rate?
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