Chicago vs Houston

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2020, 12:21 AM

An interesting comparison on Chicago and Houston.
Of course it's apples and oranges with Chicago having this gang/drug/turf war going on, but still interesting.

Clodfobble · 01-12-2020, 08:32 AM

Land area of Chicago: 234 sq. miles
Land area of Houston: 669 sq. miles

Suburbia, even poor suburbia, ain't the same as high-rise ghettos.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2020, 08:35 AM

You mean all Chicago needs is deodorant?

Clodfobble · 01-12-2020, 08:37 AM

Plus maybe some good tacos. It's hard to fight a gang war with tacos in your hands.

Griff · 01-12-2020, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Land area of Chicago: 234 sq. miles
Land area of Houston: 669 sq. miles

Suburbia, even poor suburbia, ain't the same as high-rise ghettos.

Good point.

The imbalance of legal vs illegal weapons is also a thing but flooding Chicago with legal weapons probably isn't a winner either.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2020, 08:50 AM

I agree, the author of that thing was trying to make it a case for guns. I'm not buying his argument but thought the comparison data was interesting. I wonder how the police budgets would compare, Chicago's must be an order of magnitude or two, or three, higher than Houston.

sexobon · 01-12-2020, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Good point.

The imbalance of legal vs illegal weapons is also a thing but flooding Chicago with legal weapons probably isn't a winner either.

It's difficult for poor people to make money selling black market guns in a city like Houston where more types of guns, availability, and concealed carry are legal. So they go to Chicago. It's their kind of town.

Undertoad · 01-12-2020, 10:01 AM

It's not guns its cultural. Y'all are saying the same thing

01-12-2020, 12:21 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Chicago vs Houston An interesting comparison on Chicago and Houston. Of course it's apples and oranges with Chicago having this gang/drug/turf war going on, but still interesting. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Land area of Chicago: 234 sq. miles Land area of Houston: 669 sq. miles Suburbia, even poor suburbia, ain't the same as high-rise ghettos. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-12-2020, 08:35 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You mean all Chicago needs is deodorant? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-12-2020, 08:37 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Plus maybe some good tacos. It's hard to fight a gang war with tacos in your hands. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-12-2020, 08:50 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I agree, the author of that thing was trying to make it a case for guns. I'm not buying his argument but thought the comparison data was interesting. I wonder how the police budgets would compare, Chicago's must be an order of magnitude or two, or three, higher than Houston. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-12-2020, 10:01 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's not guns its cultural. Y'all are saying the same thing

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