He claimed NY crime was up 260%. He said he has dinner with NYC firefighters, etc., and they say it’s a mess.
I told him his friends are full of shit.
Then, I looked it up:
One:
http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-city.pdf
Two:
http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/Crime-in-NYS-2019.pdf
This last one only goes to 2019, but NY State is not even close to NYC numbers. It is a safe state, and so is NYC, although we do have instances of crap there, but overall, it is way down even from 2001.
I told him he lacks curiosity so he is uninformed, listens to lumberjacks, and does not make for a good conversation partner. He has basically shutup. I also told him his friends won’t like him if he tells them the numbers say they are full of shit, because that ‘s who they are.
LOL