Adjusting for per capita rates, many rural predominantly white communities have higher murder rates that Chicago. Framing and presentation are everything when presenting data, demographics, and statistics.
please citation, it will help a lot. it's like the numbers I use to prove the dangers of gun culter vs gun control vs the second amendment crowd. check out gun murders rates per capita in GA 4.5 (gun crowd) CA 3.3 (gun control) VT 1.3 (secondment crowd) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state as well as the defenses in gun deaths between the 3 GA 15.4 (gun crowd) CA 7.9 (gun control) VT 11.7 (secondment crowd) www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm because I've actually run into people on the left/gun control side who sware VT low gun murder rate is because of its lack of diversity
@@albertcovington9942 East St Louis has 27 murders out of 26.6k people so that 26 k divided by those 27 murders means you have a 1 in 988 chance of being murdered in east st louse meanwhile, Chicago has 765 murders but a population of 2.716m divide that by the 765 and you have a 1 in 3,551 chance of being murdered in Chicago this is why math matters kids. You are more likely to get murdered in East St Louis than Chicago my more than 3 to 1
I ended up on lost in Baltimore through an GPS error and I definitely looked out of place. I am a white hippie chick and my sister who was with me looks like she walked out of a J. Crew ad. Some guy trying to sell me a cell phone cover for $3 while I was pumping gas. He seemed to have some intellectual/mental issues but when I said no thanks he just said have a nice day and went on to the next person. The only issue we had was my bank shut off my card because I got gas in NC, then PA and then MD. and couldn't reach me.
@Stevie, full honesty here, I too, got lost in South Chicago, but during the mid 80's! My younger brother & I were driving back to South Dakota from D.C. & I am quite certain we were the only 'white' people for miles! But, as with you, those we encountered were absolutely the most pleasant & helpful to guide us back to I-90! Now FF to the 2000s & my AMAZING daughter in law, mother to 3 of my granddaughters is from Chicago! They now live in a 'burb of Hotlanta! 😉 She is absolutely incredible & I tell my son, Charlemagne, to drop to his knees & thank the Baby Jesus for her daily! He does! Peace all!
Yup, we know how to hide the bodies. I've lived in and around Chicago and I never could understand why it had such a bad rep. Yeah, if you put yourself in certain situations you get certain results, but that's everywhere.
@Nilly Sigger and yet the higher on the economic scale ya go that violent tendency tends to fall off in black communities. Almost like theres something to be said about having more means and education....
@@albertcovington9942 Let me put it this way. Big city, more people, more deaths and also more potential murderers. Its like if we started up Mars colonies and someone tried to compare murder numbers between the few mars colonies and the WHOLE of Earth. If Earth had less in the number count then something was REALLY wrong with the people on the colonies.
That is why people always need to fact check everything, which of course few really have time for. So pick an article in one paper and check that, if the facts don't back up the narrative. Stop supporting the paper. They'll soon change their ways when their readership falls
@@mrhodes9160 Just calling everyone morons and puppets of google isn't convincing anyone. Do you have any claims we could verify that aren't stupidly obvious besides "Google is a big company and I outsmarted a 3 year old!"
I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life. Never felt the need to move because of any danger. The taxes and traffic are a much greater nuisance here.
I have lived most of my life in the Chicagoland area and it wasn't till I spent a few years in Poplar Bluff MO, a town of about 18,000, that I saw my first shooting, and it happened in my front yard!! Pissed off ex taking shots at my neighbor across the street, it's just a damn good thing he was a bad shot and no one got hit, especially since she had three kids in the house!
Traffic in Chicago, Atlanta all of Southern Cal, New York, SF Bay Area are terrible. This list can go on and on. But I've noticed over the years that when traffic conditions are the worse is when the economy is good. I live in the SF Bay Area and I've seen traffic ease up when ever there has been a recession.
Baltimore is super nice and welcoming too. I love it here. My family thought when the "riots" happened there was a tank on every street corner and the city was burning to the ground. I sent pictures of me with my neighbors is West Baltimore. People don't understand the dynamics of institutional racism and how it causes addiction and crime. When people are hopeless, they turn to drugs. When they can't find jobs, they turn to crime. We need to work on fixing problems at that level. Hire people with criminal backgrounds. Pay them a living wage. Things will turn around faster than you think.
This is Iago’s advice to Cassio, used to continue manipulating him after Cassio has lost his reputation because of Iago’s schemes. I’d be careful about taking Iago’s advice if I were you. Reputations may often be false, but as Beau’s video and “Othello” both demonstrate, they can be extraordinarily powerful.
I *love* Chicago. I visit there often, and have never had one bad experience. They have awesome museums, culture and public transit, and the people are super nice. Plus, Chicago Dogs and Deep Dish Pizza! Yiss!
I don’t really compare it to NY Style, they’re two different animals, totally. I’m not always on the mood for it, but when I want cheesy doughy tomatoey goodness, it’s sooooo good!
Just weird news stories in general. It's not the murder rate that Florida man is famous for. It's the details of the murders that gives Florida man his reputation.
That's what I thought when I went to Chicago, I thought this place ain't so tough...these people are pretty cool lots of blacks lots of Hispanics. I rode the subway everywhere. I had a great time there, nothing bad happened. I dont believe the bad press anymore, I want to go again.
Seiferboy Gaming nah she always says she doesn’t have time and to just tell her the gist lol. I tried explaining it to her, but she was still kinda arguing me. I think Beau is a little more convincing than I am haha :P
No I've been sitting back binge watching your videos for a about 2 weeks now and I tell you something. You drove the nail through the board on this one great job. Now lets wait and see if THEY are listening.
Was in Chicago last month for a couple weeks. I was expecting an old west outlaw Tombstone type of place with a modern vibe. Everybody I encountered, mom and pop stores, 7-11's, gas stations. All the places you would expect unfriendly people. Everyone was friendlier than the locals here in Seattle. In Seattle people are afraid to look at anyone or say hello to a stranger. Media does affect reputation.
I was talking to a conservative a few months back who travels a lot for work as a contractor (his home is small town Alabama) and he had worked in Chicago and when I met him he was working near Seattle. He said straight off that he based his opinions on these cities on things he had read before going there. And to listen to him, both cities sounded like they were in the middle of a full blown civil war that made Syria or Somalia look like peaceful uptoias. He also admitted that during his time in both cities he basically only saw either his hotel or the place he was working and the roads in between. He made very little effort to actually explore beyond that as he was too scared of something happening to him. I've never been to Chicago, but I live near Seattle. And while I dont know it very well, his description of it was nothing like my experience of visiting the city. And he wouldn't even listen to me trying to debunk the lies he had been told. And it really showed just how strong a hold conservative media has on these people and the totally enclosed bubble they put themselves into. And I don't know how to break that.
I really appreciate this video Beau. I'm from Chicago, and it's extremely frustrating when people talk about how dangerous it is and how it's essentially a war zone. The coverage is distorted that my friend's in other countries worry about my safety and I've had to explain that yes there are some bad areas in Chicago but they aren't that big especially compared to the size of the city and the population size.
I love your perspective on all of these topics. I genuinely think that if people could sit down, and speak to each other this way with open minds and hearts. We could actually find middle ground and get shit done.
I work with a woman who would classify herself as a Republican. I am a Progressive. We talk about things we shouldn't at work all the time. And while on paper we look very different, we have almost the same opinions on most things we talk about. So I whole heartedly agree with you.
I’m a firm believer that progress comes from compromise, and that means understanding each side to find a middle ground. It’s ok not to agree 100% on everything, or even 30%. All perspectives are not only valid, but right. That’s why you need to put your ego to the wayside and actually understand why they might feel differently. We dehumanize anyone who doesn’t agree with us and label them as OTHER. When NO ONE is the same, we all come our own unique blend of common experiences. Maybe we can learn that and actually learn how to coexist peacefully.
Please don't fall for this. Sooner or later they always play their hand. He is VERY refined. Every city he listed is predominantly AA, check for yourself. He is saying (double speak) anywhere you find them there is violence. This video is not a defense it is an accusation.
I'm in love with Beau. Not physically but I love the way he thinks. The way he reasons. I've found my soulmate. May you live long and prosper, my friend!
You are a busy man. It's all over. To single out one city is bull. We got a problem, let's deal with it like adults, if that's possible. Thanks for what you are doing.
Or even text without context is just pretext for whatever you want to say - learned this from a preacher and it stuck with me. Thank you for your comment.
Love it. Detroit is the same way. I loved living there and if the economy was better I would move back in a heartbeat. The houses are all well built, I always felt comfortable in my neighorhood (Rosedale Park area). The bad is the economy, as in plentiful well paying jobs, were run off when Snyder eliminated the tax incentives for studios that was really helping Detroit regain what it lost when plants closed.
And every time Detroiters start to put things back together, we get yet another Snyder-ish genius to dismantle whatever was getting accomplished! If that scale of resilience by the people could be expanded, maybe the country as a whole could start to turn around! Just a thought...
@@rebeccapresti9650 they do it deliberately to displace the Black population. Giving Chicago the war zone reputation is part of that strategy. They have been doing this to cities with large Black populations for decades. The constant displacement is how they prevent Black people from building generational wealth.
I started law school this week. I’m gonna try to keep a low profile, at least for a little while. It’ll be nice to be in a place where nobody knows anything about me except for what I show them:)
My public high school back home had poor students and far more minorities than the local private school. Whenever local press/media had something negative to say about my high school, we saw it on the *front page.* But when one of our students was *stabbed* while attending a party thrown by private school kids, it didn't even get a passing *mention* - despite that attack garnering attention from an ambulance, law enforcement, and had drugs in addition to alcohol and zero adults present. This reminds me of that, with a notoriety applied to the least offensive denominator. Yes cities are dangerous if you are an idiot tourist or an unlucky resident, but that is true of *all* places where large gatherings of people are found. But this is like all the people who are terrified of being caught in a terror attack while ignoring the fact that their diet or their automobile are faaaaar more likely to be the thing that kills them.
Amen! I live in Chicago. I've been trying to tell people that this is an amazing and welcoming city. Of course we have our "bad" areas. But so does everyone else. Thanks for making this video.
Thank you for opening my eyes. I to my shame was taken in by narrative and not the facts as you so eloquently put them out there. I just learned a valuable lesson thank you 😊
Thanks, Beau! I was actually thinking about asking you about Chicago after I saw a not so positive comment about the city in one of your fb-pages-post during the weekend, but now I got things cleared up here.👍
I live 15 miles from Hartford, Connecticut, and I think I just read a study that Hartford is 8th overall for murders in 2016 or 2017. HARTFORD!!!! Sometimes numbers surprise people.
Frank Galpin I live in the Norwich area. Hartford is one of the worst cities for homicide rate. It gets an average of 30 murders yearly now. still higher than Bridgeport.
@@notsure6187 Wow! My best friend lives in Uncasville & the man who broke my heart... kinda... lives in Noank! Being from the Midwest/Plains, I always envisioned the state of Connecticut as this beautiful, bucolic, historical state! Then I did some 'research' & wow! New London seems to be a hotbed of ugly drugs! What???? I live in South Dakota, flyover country, & just yesterday I learned that 16 Juveniles had been arrested for weapons charges that occurred not far from the area I live in!! I had noticed some half-assed 'gang tagging' just up the street & thought they were wannabees, "Bigg Blood"??? Then my niece told me a neighbor had committed suicide with a firearm! So, I guess, just goes to the point of Bad Shit can happen anywhere & anytime!
@@notsure6187 Thank you for that reassurance that not all is as it is reported! So, ever spot a silver '69 Camaro RS/SS in that area? Asking for a friend, of course! 😉
As always, thank you, Beau!! For those interested, Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics is old, but the tricks he exposes are still being used today.
Beau, I've noticed that when you give statistics, you tend to give rates rather than amounts. You're honest, and even better, you know how to be honest. I appreciate that.
Found this interesting: After the comments about California i did some math. Homeless people per thousand - NY 4.7, DC 9.8, CA only 3.3. It makes a huge difference in the narrative when you account for context.
Though there is a rise in homeless in California - because people can't afford the friggen rent! $2000/month for a tiny studio apartment, seriously Santa Cruz? And they wonder why so many college kids are now living in that tent city..
Yay!!! New Orleans is number 1 again!!! And we couldn't have done it without you, the tourists. No, tourists aren't getting regularly shot and killed here. We do have a bunch of you coming here, who can't hold your liquor and lose your damn minds, that feel like you have to conceal carry to feel safe. You get drunk on Bourbon Street, do something stupid that pisses someone else off, and go for your gun, 'cause you're sacred of getting into a brawl. That's when people, who were just trying to have a good time, get shot. Also, staying in Air BnBs in neighborhoods you got no business being in is also a problem. That forces an already stressed housing situation to the breaking point. Y'all have driven us out of our own homes, 'cause, apparently, hotels aren't good enough for you. You deserve an "authentic" New Orleans experience. Well, getting shot in a neighborhood is pretty damn authentic around here. It's not all your fault. This is a really impoverished area of the country. Minimum wage is around $8/hour. Average rent is over $1/square foot, especially in the downtown around the French Quarter, where most of the service jobs are. Our school system went to all charter schools after Katrina. So, they're all education for profit. Basic infrastructure is a joke. If it rains, streets flood. Also, the major industry after tourism is petroleum and chemical refineries. Those businesses all have sweet heart deals on taxes. They pay less than a penny on the dollar in property taxes for their facilities. A local refinery has a property valued at $50 billion. They paid taxes on 1% of that, not the actual value. So just around .01%. Our sales tax is 10%. Most of the tax money generated here goes to the rest of the state to prop up other towns and cities' infrastructure, education, and services. Yeah. There's generations old problems here in poverty, lack of basic services, and an inflated cost of living. Over half the population of our city lives under the national poverty line. So, when you come here, have a good time. Despite all the problems, we do too. Just remember to tip your service people, be polite, and "don't start none there won't be none". Also, we're really tired of talking about Katrina to satisfy your ghoulish curiosity. Later.
Shoot, we had our honeymoon in Chicago in 2009... it's the reason we moved here shortly thereafter! The city actually lives up to its reputation for architecture, food, and live music.
Love weekend getaways there, museums, food(all kinds), music...and I could spend all day just looking up at several distinct periods of architecture!! 💚
Hi Beau, Ive lived in Chicago for a good while now. The biggest problem I see on a day to day basis is homelessness. I have not seen any murders, Ive never been robbed, but anytime I go anywhere I see at least 5 to 10 homeless folks. Of course being a left anarchist I have several systematic solutions in mind but what can I do to help my community in the meantime? I have the means of your average college student by the way.
Plenty of people were bitterly disappointed with the way Obama's presidency worked out, especially after all the hope at the start, but those that maintain this smear campaign against everything the man touched, well that comes from a much more deep seated place. The childishness of it (Michelle is really a man ffs) and the dogmatic persistence tells of an illogical hatred. We all know what drives that kind of anger.
As one who grew up and lived in the Chicago area for many years, I often miss the many great people and things about the city. The one thing I don't miss is the winter weather.
Between about the 1930's and the late 1980's, Chicago had a bad reputation due to mob violence, (specifically Al Capone) especially internationally. Chicago's image was largely repaired thanks to mostly positive figures like Mayor Harold Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and the 1985 Bears football team. John Hughes movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" also helped. I think Chicago's negative image over the last decade or so can be traced to the ascendancy of Barack Obama (considering that he's from here) and the political right wing's desire to tar him in any way they can. And, not surprisingly, the media has been all too willing to play along. It is not a coincidence that Chicago started being tagged as the "murder capital" at around the same time as Obama's presidential run of 2008.
In the last couple months, I've been learning more about data interpretation and how data can be misrepresented, cherry-picked, and messed with. It's really been eye opening and helped me with debunking bullshit propaganda
We fear what we don't fully understand, and on top of that we can look at a list of bad and good things about someone or something, and we will see only the bad or good things, based on our bias. I have a very bad habit of only looking for the good, and it has cost me dearly.
I had a rep. But it was deserved. Don't mess with this guy. He takes it very personal. Just because I was good at math and science didn't mean I couldn't take you down if needed.
I live in Chicago, born and raised and I chuckle at the fear and hatred people have about my city. A lot of it comes from folks from downstate Illinois, but we really don't care about their opinions. :p Right now, summertime in Chicago is one of the *BEST* places to be. And FYI, crime in Chicago is NOTHING compared to what is was in the 90s. My city has truly come a long way.
Mark Twain once observed, "First get your facts straight. Then you can distort 'em as much as you want." Thanks Beau, a second time, from Chicago. Lived here 41of my 67 years. I was beginning to think that reality had come to an end. Then, you started talking and posting. Be well, keep on doing.
Before I visited New York I heard so many bad things about it family and I visit it for a week had a great great time. New York has treated us very well they knew we were visitors. My daughter and her best friend went to Chicago for 5 days they had a great time. They showed me some pictures it's a beautiful city. Thanks for the information brother. Y'all be good be safe.
@@thehellyousay And all of the above, thank you for the many giggles! One of my daughters is a Funeral Director/Mortician in Iowa & yes, she does run the Crematorium, so the hiding of bodies has been a joke in the family for years! Of course I DO have an odd family! Peace all!
Thank you so much for this one. Trying to explain this to others has been a nightmare over the last couple of years. Im not eloquent enough. And usually the discussion ends with me saying that the person doesnt know how to understand numbers and parsing data. I work in accounting and how numbers are spun on tv and by anyone bending the implications, drives me to yelling at kids on lawns etc.
Most of the homicides here, like most homicides in general, are committed by someone at least somewhat known by the victim. And furthermore, most homicides are intricately woven in with issues of poverty. Even in this town, if you are scared of getting murdered just walking down the street, you might as well be equally scared of getting hit by lightning, or dying from a fall in the shower.
My country of Mexico gets labeled dangerous by US news media all the time. I have traveled extensively, and met people from all over the world enjoying themselves, when I ask them why Mexico? Often then not they replied why not, the news says one thing but we wanted to experience it for ourselves. When I'm in Mexico their news sometimes focuses on the violence in the US with these mass shootings. News focus on violence because that is what captures peoples attention, positive messages are few and far between.
As you said in another video Beau, Pandora's box has already been opened! Even if Chicago was to lower its Crime rate like New York City, the reputation will pass down to future generations. Especially to those who never been there! I'm not from Chicago, but I know almost ANY place that gets a reputation, gets shit talked about it the most by people who never been there!
Thanks, Beau. Being in the Chicago area (NW suburbs, so about 25 miles away), the nightly news and seeming moods of the areas travelled never reflected the rampant violence narrative of the "candidate propaganda network and cheer squad". I understand the problems with fighting such misuse of data is an harder than an uphill battle. Any counter stats or clarification based on identifiable sources leaves you in equivocation hęll. The applicable quote is one I see attributed to Mark Twain and a good one, regardless of who wrote it: "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience" (variation of Proverbs 26:4, per Rachel Xavier). I like it here, despite the 110⁰ F in the the summer and -40⁰ in the winter.
I grew up on the Southside (Marquette Park area) of Chicago. And I appreciate you setting somethings straight. It was rough some days but overall i had a good upbringing. Now a days ppl hear I lived in Chicago and first thing that pops in their head is murder. A reputation that automatically puts us in a different category. But Chicago has more to offer than that.
Love your videos. My right wing friends actually listen to you. I had one guy tell me, the only reason he really checked out your video I sent him was because you looked liked people he knows. That reminded me of the story you told about the older black man that got out of prison after years and years. And the way he reacted to you as a default from his time before being locked up. Keep up the good work. 👍🏾
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Adjusting for per capita rates, many rural predominantly white communities have higher murder rates that Chicago.
Framing and presentation are everything when presenting data, demographics, and statistics.
Which communities did you look at for that comparison? I wanna be able to show these statistics to people.
I second that. I need this narrative and I need links and facts to debate with.
please citation, it will help a lot. it's like the numbers I use to prove the dangers of gun culter vs gun control vs the second amendment crowd.
check out gun murders rates per capita in GA 4.5 (gun crowd) CA 3.3 (gun control) VT 1.3 (secondment crowd)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state
as well as the defenses in gun deaths between the 3 GA 15.4 (gun crowd) CA 7.9 (gun control) VT 11.7 (secondment crowd)
www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm
because I've actually run into people on the left/gun control side who sware VT low gun murder rate is because of its lack of diversity
Now why are you pointing out facts huh!! This is America we dont like facts and stuff.
In my southern country voice
@@albertcovington9942 East St Louis has 27 murders out of 26.6k people so that 26 k divided by those 27 murders means you have a 1 in 988 chance of being murdered in east st louse
meanwhile, Chicago has 765 murders but a population of 2.716m divide that by the 765 and you have a 1 in 3,551 chance of being murdered in Chicago
this is why math matters kids. You are more likely to get murdered in East St Louis than Chicago my more than 3 to 1
I was born and raised in St Louis and have spent much time in Chicago. I feel much safer in Chicago.
Right?? Being from St. Louis, I can say that East STL and STL are likely honest placings.
Yeah OK but which has better BBQ and shouldn't that factor in?
Jim Braatz sillypants
Of course, you have all those vampires and werewolves running around! Have you been to the Circus of the Damned?
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@@kyivstuff Jean-Claude should do a better job of keeping crime under control in his city. 📚😁
I got lost driving in Chicago around 2007 and ended up in the south side. The locals were nice and gave me directions to get back onto I-90.
You should have grabbed a meal! Some of the best cooks work their magic on the South Side.
I ended up on lost in Baltimore through an GPS error and I definitely looked out of place. I am a white hippie chick and my sister who was with me looks like she walked out of a J. Crew ad. Some guy trying to sell me a cell phone cover for $3 while I was pumping gas. He seemed to have some intellectual/mental issues but when I said no thanks he just said have a nice day and went on to the next person. The only issue we had was my bank shut off my card because I got gas in NC, then PA and then MD. and couldn't reach me.
@Stevie, full honesty here, I too, got lost in South Chicago, but during the mid 80's! My younger brother & I were driving back to South Dakota from D.C. & I am quite certain we were the only 'white' people for miles!
But, as with you, those we encountered were absolutely the most pleasant & helpful to guide us back to I-90!
Now FF to the 2000s & my AMAZING daughter in law, mother to 3 of my granddaughters is from Chicago!
They now live in a 'burb of Hotlanta! 😉 She is absolutely incredible & I tell my son, Charlemagne, to drop to his knees & thank the Baby Jesus for her daily! He does! Peace all!
We know precisely why Chicago is singled out - poliTricks.
The POTUS's persistent hard on for Obama, in other words.
"Looking for news in the corporate-media is like looking for love in a brothel. Not saying it can't happen. Just that it comes at a price."
Yup, we know how to hide the bodies.
I've lived in and around Chicago and I never could understand why it had such a bad rep. Yeah, if you put yourself in certain situations you get certain results, but that's everywhere.
@Nilly Sigger and yet the higher on the economic scale ya go that violent tendency tends to fall off in black communities.
Almost like theres something to be said about having more means and education....
Sadly, because black people live there as well as democrats. Both very scary to conservatives :(
We still have the best hot dogs though! LOL!
@@missdarkeyes But not pizza. Is that stuff even pizza? Heh, just passing time while the ads play. I don't skip em for this dude.
@@auntedna6376 lol! My Chicago privileges might be revoked for this, but I like NY style better! 🤣
@@albertcovington9942 Let me put it this way. Big city, more people, more deaths and also more potential murderers. Its like if we started up Mars colonies and someone tried to compare murder numbers between the few mars colonies and the WHOLE of Earth. If Earth had less in the number count then something was REALLY wrong with the people on the colonies.
Funny what a little context does to destroy a malicious narrative.
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That is why people always need to fact check everything, which of course few really have time for. So pick an article in one paper and check that, if the facts don't back up the narrative. Stop supporting the paper. They'll soon change their ways when their readership falls
@@mrhodes9160 What the hell are you talking about?
@@mrhodes9160 lol k bro. Your tin foil hat is showing. Might wanna take a look in the mirror.
@@mrhodes9160 Just calling everyone morons and puppets of google isn't convincing anyone. Do you have any claims we could verify that aren't stupidly obvious besides "Google is a big company and I outsmarted a 3 year old!"
I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life. Never felt the need to move because of any danger. The taxes and traffic are a much greater nuisance here.
I have lived most of my life in the Chicagoland area and it wasn't till I spent a few years in Poplar Bluff MO, a town of about 18,000, that I saw my first shooting, and it happened in my front yard!! Pissed off ex taking shots at my neighbor across the street, it's just a damn good thing he was a bad shot and no one got hit, especially since she had three kids in the house!
Traffic in Chicago, Atlanta all of Southern Cal, New York, SF Bay Area are terrible. This list can go on and on. But I've noticed over the years that when traffic conditions are the worse is when the economy is good. I live in the SF Bay Area and I've seen traffic ease up when ever there has been a recession.
Baltimore is super nice and welcoming too. I love it here. My family thought when the "riots" happened there was a tank on every street corner and the city was burning to the ground. I sent pictures of me with my neighbors is West Baltimore. People don't understand the dynamics of institutional racism and how it causes addiction and crime. When people are hopeless, they turn to drugs. When they can't find jobs, they turn to crime. We need to work on fixing problems at that level. Hire people with criminal backgrounds. Pay them a living wage. Things will turn around faster than you think.
And restore their voting rights.
@@rebeccapresti9650 yeah, absolutely that too.
Shakespeare said it best in “Othello” - “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving.”
This is Iago’s advice to Cassio, used to continue manipulating him after Cassio has lost his reputation because of Iago’s schemes. I’d be careful about taking Iago’s advice if I were you. Reputations may often be false, but as Beau’s video and “Othello” both demonstrate, they can be extraordinarily powerful.
I *love* Chicago. I visit there often, and have never had one bad experience. They have awesome museums, culture and public transit, and the people are super nice. Plus, Chicago Dogs and Deep Dish Pizza! Yiss!
Sorry got to disagree on the deep dish. Just too much dough. Great Italian ice though.
I don’t really compare it to NY Style, they’re two different animals, totally. I’m not always on the mood for it, but when I want cheesy doughy tomatoey goodness, it’s sooooo good!
Former Chicagoan, thanks for this
3:37 I don't know many people who associate Florida Man with murder - just wrestling an alligator in the middle of the highway while on bath salts :D
Just weird news stories in general. It's not the murder rate that Florida man is famous for. It's the details of the murders that gives Florida man his reputation.
You always know a Florida Man story os gonna be one of those stories that starts with guys drinking hard liquor at 7 am.
Yeah, Florida Man isn't necessarily associated with murder. More like doing stupid shit.
I think it's the whole stand your ground thing. Most places, unless you are home, if you can protect yourself by leaving, you are required to.
I wasn't on bath salts.
That's what I thought when I went to Chicago, I thought this place ain't so tough...these people are pretty cool lots of blacks lots of Hispanics. I rode the subway everywhere. I had a great time there, nothing bad happened. I dont believe the bad press anymore, I want to go again.
I kid you not, my mother and i were literally arguing about this exact topic, Chicago specifically. And then you posted this video. I’m shook :0
Have you shown your mom this video?
Seiferboy Gaming nah she always says she doesn’t have time and to just tell her the gist lol. I tried explaining it to her, but she was still kinda arguing me. I think Beau is a little more convincing than I am haha :P
Do the dishes so she will have time to watch.
Been saying this for years....glad someone else knows the truth
@@albertcovington9942 that's not the truth....St Louis did...stop watching TV and do some research
@@albertcovington9942 530...try lying again
Does it fucking Matter who has the most murders. Solutions people.
No I've been sitting back binge watching your videos for a about 2 weeks now and I tell you something. You drove the nail through the board on this one great job. Now lets wait and see if THEY are listening.
Was in Chicago last month for a couple weeks. I was expecting an old west outlaw Tombstone type of place with a modern vibe. Everybody I encountered, mom and pop stores, 7-11's, gas stations. All the places you would expect unfriendly people. Everyone was friendlier than the locals here in Seattle. In Seattle people are afraid to look at anyone or say hello to a stranger. Media does affect reputation.
As a lifelong Chicagoan, thankyou..
I was talking to a conservative a few months back who travels a lot for work as a contractor (his home is small town Alabama) and he had worked in Chicago and when I met him he was working near Seattle.
He said straight off that he based his opinions on these cities on things he had read before going there. And to listen to him, both cities sounded like they were in the middle of a full blown civil war that made Syria or Somalia look like peaceful uptoias. He also admitted that during his time in both cities he basically only saw either his hotel or the place he was working and the roads in between. He made very little effort to actually explore beyond that as he was too scared of something happening to him.
I've never been to Chicago, but I live near Seattle. And while I dont know it very well, his description of it was nothing like my experience of visiting the city. And he wouldn't even listen to me trying to debunk the lies he had been told. And it really showed just how strong a hold conservative media has on these people and the totally enclosed bubble they put themselves into. And I don't know how to break that.
I was born and raised in Chicago and I tell people it's not as bad as the news makes it out to be
I really appreciate this video Beau. I'm from Chicago, and it's extremely frustrating when people talk about how dangerous it is and how it's essentially a war zone. The coverage is distorted that my friend's in other countries worry about my safety and I've had to explain that yes there are some bad areas in Chicago but they aren't that big especially compared to the size of the city and the population size.
I love your perspective on all of these topics. I genuinely think that if people could sit down, and speak to each other this way with open minds and hearts. We could actually find middle ground and get shit done.
I work with a woman who would classify herself as a Republican. I am a Progressive. We talk about things we shouldn't at work all the time. And while on paper we look very different, we have almost the same opinions on most things we talk about. So I whole heartedly agree with you.
So do I
I’m a firm believer that progress comes from compromise, and that means understanding each side to find a middle ground. It’s ok not to agree 100% on everything, or even 30%. All perspectives are not only valid, but right. That’s why you need to put your ego to the wayside and actually understand why they might feel differently. We dehumanize anyone who doesn’t agree with us and label them as OTHER. When NO ONE is the same, we all come our own unique blend of common experiences. Maybe we can learn that and actually learn how to coexist peacefully.
Deep af as always blowing MINDS with logic and reasoning💯
Please don't fall for this. Sooner or later they always play their hand. He is VERY refined. Every city he listed is predominantly AA, check for yourself. He is saying (double speak) anywhere you find them there is violence. This video is not a defense it is an accusation.
Thank you, Beau! Chicago is a great American city.
Winters used to be brutal, especially in 1978-79.
I agree! Chicago is the midwest's jewel in the crown. 👑
Very good Beau WELL DONE
I'm in love with Beau. Not physically but I love the way he thinks. The way he reasons. I've found my soulmate. May you live long and prosper, my friend!
A shot across Ivanka's bow without even mentioning the Demon Spawn. Nicely done, ol' man.
You are a busy man. It's all over. To single out one city is bull. We got a problem, let's deal with it like adults, if that's possible. Thanks for what you are doing.
Harald Christiansen... If you want to deal with adults, make sure you aren't voting for children.
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@@jgcelliott1 you mean like baby Donald?
People have wanna hearing. We use numbers to justify our positions. Things can be factual, but without proper context, it may not be ground truth...
Confirmation bias
Aka known as “itching ears” from a biblical sense.
Or even text without context is just pretext for whatever you want to say - learned this from a preacher and it stuck with me. Thank you for your comment.
Love it. Detroit is the same way. I loved living there and if the economy was better I would move back in a heartbeat. The houses are all well built, I always felt comfortable in my neighorhood (Rosedale Park area). The bad is the economy, as in plentiful well paying jobs, were run off when Snyder eliminated the tax incentives for studios that was really helping Detroit regain what it lost when plants closed.
And every time Detroiters start to put things back together, we get yet another Snyder-ish genius to dismantle whatever was getting accomplished! If that scale of resilience by the people could be expanded, maybe the country as a whole could start to turn around! Just a thought...
@@rebeccapresti9650 they do it deliberately to displace the Black population. Giving Chicago the war zone reputation is part of that strategy. They have been doing this to cities with large Black populations for decades. The constant displacement is how they prevent Black people from building generational wealth.
@@HellenShort agree
I started law school this week. I’m gonna try to keep a low profile, at least for a little while. It’ll be nice to be in a place where nobody knows anything about me except for what I show them:)
Be careful. I raised 3 girls and still worry about them every day.
Beau, you should be on national tv or a daytime tv show more often ..you're a speaker of truth
My public high school back home had poor students and far more minorities than the local private school. Whenever local press/media had something negative to say about my high school, we saw it on the *front page.* But when one of our students was *stabbed* while attending a party thrown by private school kids, it didn't even get a passing *mention* - despite that attack garnering attention from an ambulance, law enforcement, and had drugs in addition to alcohol and zero adults present. This reminds me of that, with a notoriety applied to the least offensive denominator.
Yes cities are dangerous if you are an idiot tourist or an unlucky resident, but that is true of *all* places where large gatherings of people are found. But this is like all the people who are terrified of being caught in a terror attack while ignoring the fact that their diet or their automobile are faaaaar more likely to be the thing that kills them.
Amen! I live in Chicago. I've been trying to tell people that this is an amazing and welcoming city. Of course we have our "bad" areas. But so does everyone else. Thanks for making this video.
I've vacationed in Chicago dozens of times. It is a wonderful place. My favorite American city.
Howdy Beau!Internet person here!
As a native of Chicago-land, I really appreciate this...
As always Beau, thanks for sharing the truth. Some will never believe it but this is for the few critical thinkers that wants facts not fiction.
Chicago - Wonderful City - As dangerous as YOU want it to be! (Found a really friendly helpful Chicago Citizenry)
Thank you for opening my eyes. I to my shame was taken in by narrative and not the facts as you so eloquently put them out there. I just learned a valuable lesson thank you 😊
Thank you for talking about this Beau. People need to hear how important it is to research what they hear and read. Have a great day.
It's hard to get change when all people do is complain and then at the same time do nothing. Thanks Beau for sharing.
Thanks, Beau! I was actually thinking about asking you about Chicago after I saw a not so positive comment about the city in one of your fb-pages-post during the weekend, but now I got things cleared up here.👍
I'm glad you made this video, it's shows that people don't read nor look up stats. They just go by what they are told and don't dare question the info
I live 15 miles from Hartford, Connecticut, and I think I just read a study that Hartford is 8th overall for murders in 2016 or 2017. HARTFORD!!!! Sometimes numbers surprise people.
Frank Galpin I live in the Norwich area. Hartford is one of the worst cities for homicide rate. It gets an average of 30 murders yearly now. still higher than Bridgeport.
@@notsure6187 Wow! My best friend lives in Uncasville & the man who broke my heart... kinda... lives in Noank!
Being from the Midwest/Plains, I always envisioned the state of Connecticut as this beautiful, bucolic, historical state! Then I did some 'research' & wow! New London seems to be a hotbed of ugly drugs! What????
I live in South Dakota, flyover country, & just yesterday I learned that 16 Juveniles had been arrested for weapons charges that occurred not far from the area I live in!! I had noticed some half-assed 'gang tagging' just up the street & thought they were wannabees, "Bigg Blood"??? Then my niece told me a neighbor had committed suicide with a firearm!
So, I guess, just goes to the point of Bad Shit can happen anywhere & anytime!
Maggie Rezac my moms from New London. it's a very beautiful state outside of the cities.
@@notsure6187 Thank you for that reassurance that not all is as it is reported! So, ever spot a silver '69 Camaro RS/SS in that area?
Asking for a friend, of course! 😉
As always, thank you, Beau!!
For those interested, Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics is old, but the tricks he exposes are still being used today.
Beau, I've noticed that when you give statistics, you tend to give rates rather than amounts. You're honest, and even better, you know how to be honest. I appreciate that.
I always leave here smarter than I came! Thanks Beau!
As always a 'Good Thought'. Something drump never does - THINK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Beau, again. Well done
Found this interesting: After the comments about California i did some math. Homeless people per thousand - NY 4.7, DC 9.8, CA only 3.3. It makes a huge difference in the narrative when you account for context.
Though there is a rise in homeless in California - because people can't afford the friggen rent! $2000/month for a tiny studio apartment, seriously Santa Cruz? And they wonder why so many college kids are now living in that tent city..
Yay!!! New Orleans is number 1 again!!! And we couldn't have done it without you, the tourists.
No, tourists aren't getting regularly shot and killed here. We do have a bunch of you coming here, who can't hold your liquor and lose your damn minds, that feel like you have to conceal carry to feel safe. You get drunk on Bourbon Street, do something stupid that pisses someone else off, and go for your gun, 'cause you're sacred of getting into a brawl. That's when people, who were just trying to have a good time, get shot.
Also, staying in Air BnBs in neighborhoods you got no business being in is also a problem. That forces an already stressed housing situation to the breaking point. Y'all have driven us out of our own homes, 'cause, apparently, hotels aren't good enough for you. You deserve an "authentic" New Orleans experience. Well, getting shot in a neighborhood is pretty damn authentic around here.
It's not all your fault. This is a really impoverished area of the country. Minimum wage is around $8/hour. Average rent is over $1/square foot, especially in the downtown around the French Quarter, where most of the service jobs are. Our school system went to all charter schools after Katrina. So, they're all education for profit. Basic infrastructure is a joke. If it rains, streets flood.
Also, the major industry after tourism is petroleum and chemical refineries. Those businesses all have sweet heart deals on taxes. They pay less than a penny on the dollar in property taxes for their facilities. A local refinery has a property valued at $50 billion. They paid taxes on 1% of that, not the actual value. So just around .01%. Our sales tax is 10%. Most of the tax money generated here goes to the rest of the state to prop up other towns and cities' infrastructure, education, and services.
Yeah. There's generations old problems here in poverty, lack of basic services, and an inflated cost of living. Over half the population of our city lives under the national poverty line. So, when you come here, have a good time. Despite all the problems, we do too. Just remember to tip your service people, be polite, and "don't start none there won't be none". Also, we're really tired of talking about Katrina to satisfy your ghoulish curiosity.
Later.
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Balanced and informative as always beau!
Shoot, we had our honeymoon in Chicago in 2009... it's the reason we moved here shortly thereafter!
The city actually lives up to its reputation for architecture, food, and live music.
Love weekend getaways there, museums, food(all kinds), music...and I could spend all day just looking up at several distinct periods of architecture!! 💚
All the good press in the world can not change the fact that Chicago is the WORST city to drive in due to poor planning. The people are great!
Hi Beau, Ive lived in Chicago for a good while now. The biggest problem I see on a day to day basis is homelessness. I have not seen any murders, Ive never been robbed, but anytime I go anywhere I see at least 5 to 10 homeless folks. Of course being a left anarchist I have several systematic solutions in mind but what can I do to help my community in the meantime? I have the means of your average college student by the way.
Thank you Beau.
Plenty of people were bitterly disappointed with the way Obama's presidency worked out, especially after all the hope at the start, but those that maintain this smear campaign against everything the man touched, well that comes from a much more deep seated place. The childishness of it (Michelle is really a man ffs) and the dogmatic persistence tells of an illogical hatred. We all know what drives that kind of anger.
As one who grew up and lived in the Chicago area for many years, I often miss the many great people and things about the city. The one thing I don't miss is the winter weather.
Beau I truly appreciate your insights. Wish I had neighbors with your points of view.
Between about the 1930's and the late 1980's, Chicago had a bad reputation due to mob violence, (specifically Al Capone) especially internationally. Chicago's image was largely repaired thanks to mostly positive figures like Mayor Harold Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and the 1985 Bears football team.
John Hughes movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" also helped.
I think Chicago's negative image over the last decade or so can be traced to the ascendancy of Barack Obama (considering that he's from here) and the political right wing's desire to tar him in any way they can. And, not surprisingly, the media has been all too willing to play along.
It is not a coincidence that Chicago started being tagged as the "murder capital" at around the same time as Obama's presidential run of 2008.
In the last couple months, I've been learning more about data interpretation and how data can be misrepresented, cherry-picked, and messed with. It's really been eye opening and helped me with debunking bullshit propaganda
We fear what we don't fully understand, and on top of that we can look at a list of bad and good things about someone or something, and we will see only the bad or good things, based on our bias.
I have a very bad habit of only looking for the good, and it has cost me dearly.
Thank you for stating the not so obvious and clearing my fine city.
I had a rep. But it was deserved. Don't mess with this guy. He takes it very personal. Just because I was good at math and science didn't mean I couldn't take you down if needed.
New Orleans has the same reputation. It is knowing where not to go in the city. I was an Asst. DA here long ago, it was not an easy job.
Thank you for this post I'm from Chicago I love my I hit watch the news have paint us to be
Man, thanks for sticking with the truth and facts
To paraphrase Mark Twain: Lies, damned lies and statistics.
I live in Chicago, born and raised and I chuckle at the fear and hatred people have about my city. A lot of it comes from folks from downstate Illinois, but we really don't care about their opinions. :p Right now, summertime in Chicago is one of the *BEST* places to be. And FYI, crime in Chicago is NOTHING compared to what is was in the 90s. My city has truly come a long way.
Plenty of us fellow Illinoisans love the Windy City!
Former Illinoian here, the windy is still my top weekend getaway!
Mark Twain once observed, "First get your facts straight. Then you can distort 'em as much as you want."
Thanks Beau, a second time, from Chicago. Lived here 41of my 67 years. I was beginning to think that reality had come to an end. Then, you started talking and posting.
Be well, keep on doing.
Before I visited New York I heard so many bad things about it family and I visit it for a week had a great great time. New York has treated us very well they knew we were visitors. My daughter and her best friend went to Chicago for 5 days they had a great time. They showed me some pictures it's a beautiful city. Thanks for the information brother. Y'all be good be safe.
OUTSTANDING laying out of facts.
Always love your perspective
I've been to Chicago multiple times and never felt unsafe and I grew up in the NYC area in the 70's-80's so maybe I'm numb to it all
I love Chicago. The city has always felt welcoming to me.
Beau wished me a good DAY! Why thanks, Beau. I do believe I shall.
Beau for President 💯
“Better at hiding a body.” 😂😂😂
Lots of swamps and crocodiles to help you hide the body. ;P
@@mrnice4434 Gators are the predominant species in Fla. As I pick a nit.
@@willwires8348
Python: hold my beer...
@@thehellyousay And all of the above, thank you for the many giggles! One of my daughters is a Funeral Director/Mortician in Iowa & yes, she does run the Crematorium, so the hiding of bodies has been a joke in the family for years! Of course I DO have an odd family! Peace all!
Thank you so much for this one. Trying to explain this to others has been a nightmare over the last couple of years. Im not eloquent enough. And usually the discussion ends with me saying that the person doesnt know how to understand numbers and parsing data. I work in accounting and how numbers are spun on tv and by anyone bending the implications, drives me to yelling at kids on lawns etc.
Yeah, I'm from St Louis, and whenever I see the media and pundits go on and on about Chicago, it makes me roll my eyes.
Even here, though, while it can be a bit rough at times, its not like I fear for my life whenever I walk out the door.
Most of the homicides here, like most homicides in general, are committed by someone at least somewhat known by the victim. And furthermore, most homicides are intricately woven in with issues of poverty. Even in this town, if you are scared of getting murdered just walking down the street, you might as well be equally scared of getting hit by lightning, or dying from a fall in the shower.
Thanks Beau.
My country of Mexico gets labeled dangerous by US news media all the time. I have traveled extensively, and met people from all over the world enjoying themselves, when I ask them why Mexico? Often then not they replied why not, the news says one thing but we wanted to experience it for ourselves. When I'm in Mexico their news sometimes focuses on the violence in the US with these mass shootings. News focus on violence because that is what captures peoples attention, positive messages are few and far between.
As always...great analogy
Love Beau! #TRUTH2PWR
Thank you.
Beau dropping the knowledge with that highschool callback. I love it
Great vid it shows how effective pr is.
My home town. Yes there are rough neighborhoods just like other cities. Overall a great city with amazing people and awesome food.
As you said in another video Beau, Pandora's box has already been opened! Even if Chicago was to lower its Crime rate like New York City, the reputation will pass down to future generations. Especially to those who never been there! I'm not from Chicago, but I know almost ANY place that gets a reputation, gets shit talked about it the most by people who never been there!
I love Chicago and all it's people.
Thanks, Beau. Being in the Chicago area (NW suburbs, so about 25 miles away), the nightly news and seeming moods of the areas travelled never reflected the rampant violence narrative of the "candidate propaganda network and cheer squad".
I understand the problems with fighting such misuse of data is an harder than an uphill battle. Any counter stats or clarification based on identifiable sources leaves you in equivocation hęll.
The applicable quote is one I see attributed to Mark Twain and a good one, regardless of who wrote it: "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience" (variation of Proverbs 26:4, per Rachel Xavier).
I like it here, despite the 110⁰ F in the the summer and -40⁰ in the winter.
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Love this vid!
I live in Chicago.
I don't feel any more threatened than I did in any of the other 13 places I've lived.
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Hi Charlie!
Love Chicago, born nearby in Joliet 💚
My first real job was at the Hynes VA hospital summer of 85. Winters in Chicago suck, says the New Englander.
@@rebeccapresti9650 Yeah...it's one of only 3 places I've lived in twice.
@@willwires8348 Amen to that...saying Chicago winters suck is being complimentary!
Thank You😇
As always fascinated by your use of facts vs. fiction. And I don't even live in de US.
I grew up on the Southside (Marquette Park area) of Chicago. And I appreciate you setting somethings straight. It was rough some days but overall i had a good upbringing. Now a days ppl hear I lived in Chicago and first thing that pops in their head is murder. A reputation that automatically puts us in a different category. But Chicago has more to offer than that.
The Chicago police officers that I ran into visiting Chicago are super friendly. That has been my experiences.🤷♂️
I’m frm Illinois. It’s mostly hype. However, there are areas known as “Chi-Raq”....
Love your videos. My right wing friends actually listen to you. I had one guy tell me, the only reason he really checked out your video I sent him was because you looked liked people he knows. That reminded me of the story you told about the older black man that got out of prison after years and years. And the way he reacted to you as a default from his time before being locked up. Keep up the good work. 👍🏾
I saw him yesterday. Working at grocery store. Seems to be doing ok.
Beau of the Fifth Column that’s great 👍🏾