@MorningLover wrote:
Janey2 wrote:
gertrudecloset @Go to nytix.com read the article NYC street crime Is having an effect on Broadway ticket sales.
@Janey2 It's a good article. Thanks for posting.
nytix: NYC Street Crime Is Having An Effect on Broadway Ticket Sale
Posted on November 23, 2022
Rampant New York City Street Crime And Unfavorable Exchange Rates Continue to Keep Visitors Away From NYC, Resulting In Lower Broadway Ticket Sales, With No Respite On The Horizon
With NYC crime out of control, it's easy to see why Broadway numbers are in the toilet, but other factors such as the recession and poor exchange rates for international travelers also have an effect on the Broadway ticket sales numbers.
Ask anyone in NYC what the biggest problem right now is and they will say the out-of-control and random crime that occurs every day on every NYC street..
https://www.nytix.com/news/nyc-street-crime-is-having-an-effect-on-broadway-ticket-sales
We could go back and forth with contradicting reports.....
@MorningLover
If you watch the news, New York would seem to be deep in an epidemic of violent crime. The stories are frightening, and the mayor has reacted, dispatching police officers on to subway platforms.
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The Economist, not a publication known for hyperbole, wrote: "New York is experiencing a grim increase in violence."
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"Rampant New York City Street Crime And Unfavorable Exchange Rates Continue to Keep Visitors Away From NYC, Resulting In Lower Broadway Ticket Sales, With No Respite On The Horizon” wrote nytix. And Crains New York wrote: “International business travel's slow return dampens hotel revenue.”
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Even the election of a Democratic governor was for a moment in jeopardy, as an almost unknown Republican candidate arrived with a late crime campaign.
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But the question that must be asked here is an important one. Are tourists and locals afraid of crime, or are they afraid of the amped-up media reporting of a “crime wave” that almost all reasonable journalists agree doesn’t exist?
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"Fear of Rampant Crime Is Derailing New York City’s Recovery” was a Bloomberg headline on July 29. A powerful headline, but below it, was this qualifier: "Widespread anxiety obscures the fact that crime is still at decades-long lows.”
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Wait, what? Decades low? As the report continues: "Pull back further to New York of the 1980s and early 1990s, and the murder rate was five times higher than today with an average of six killings a day…People’s views on guns and crime are often more influenced by what they see and hear, rather than by hard numbers.”
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So, we’re fearful. And yet, if you look at the size of New York, and compare its crime rates to smaller suburban, even rural crime rates - we are, per capita ---SAFER.
So when a college friend of mine messaged me on Facebook, asking if she should bring her college-age son to NYC for the holidays, I was for a moment stumped. New York feels to me as it always has, a big city with lots going on, and some danger. But the recordings of crimes, in particular on the subway, played on a loop on the news and social media certainly leaves one trepidatious.
So if you’re looking to stay safe, here are the top 10 cities to steer clear of, according to Safewise:
1. Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2. Anchorage, AK
3. Albuquerque, NM
4. Lubbock, TX
5. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
6. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
7. Bakersfield, CA
8. Salt Lake City, UT
9. Springfield, MO
10. Corpus Cristi, TX
Safewise.com started with per capita crime rates for each MSA (metropolitan statistical areas), based on FBI crime and population data. "This data isn't perfect—it's self-reported by law enforcement agencies yearly—but it's the most comprehensive US crime data available” they wrote.
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The point is, you rarely see reports of violent crime out of Lubbock, or Bakersfield or Anchorage. Is that because there are fewer cameras in these places -- so less footage to fuel the story? Or is it just that NYC has a bit of a tough-guy image, and being dangerous and crime-ridden plays to a history of film and TV shows? Crime reports sell papers and glue viewers to the screen, even if the data says that NYC is in fact pretty dan safe.
I'd never ever be the first person to say there is no crime in New York City. There IS and it has gone up some. However, everything with perspective. Read, then read another side to the story or point of view. NEW YORK CITY IS AS SAFE AS IT HAS EVER BEEN.
The NYPD patrols tourist areas better than they do any other sector of the City. This includes prominent tourist spots like:
Radio City Music Hall (This time of the Year) near Broadway
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Broadway
Penn Station
Times Square
Lower Manhattan (World Trade Center/Memorial)
Museum Mile
Empire State Building
Of course, one has to do what is right for themselves. I'm giving you the perspective as someone who lives here. I'm not on the outside looking in. In all things, to each your own.
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