txags92 said:Ok, so I posted a link to a WSJ article for discussion that doesn't trash Austin and I didn't trash Austin in my post. Yet all you want to do is complain about people trashing Austin instead of talking about the implications of the article relative to reports of crime decreasing locally.cityagboy said:txags92 said:Got it. Would rather complain about other people tarring Austin as a hellhole than discuss mainstream media reports of nationwide trend of underreported crime stats.cityagboy said:txags92 said:It is not healthy for you to live your life angry at people you don't agree with. Rational discussion is possible if you let down your walls a little bit and listen to what people say instead of what you think they are saying. I know you think you are the voice of reason here, but that is not how you come across to others.cityagboy said:txags92 said:Dude, did you even read the article? It is not criticizing Austin so you can put your hackles down for a minute and try to have a rational discussion. It is saying that nationwide there is a divergence between what police report statistics are saying about crime and what people are saying when surveyed about whether they have been a victim of crime. In the past those measures have tracked each other fairly well, but not since Covid. It appears to be a wider divergence in larger cities and in places where DAs are prosecuting a lower percentage of reported crimes than they did before Covid. I didn't post it to "hate on Austin", but just to point out that celebrating small declines in reported crime may be unwise given that it may be the reports have gone down, but not the actual number of crimes.cityagboy said:
Call center response time is better, police response time is better. I personally have called 911 a twice in the last 3 months for weird random things and got through right away with police/ EMS showing up quickly
But yeah keep finding excuses to hate on y'all's favorite city.
You all know I'm not here to defend a single politician but the city is improving and it's not a hell hole like some of yall believe it is.
From previous posts I think it's fair that I interpreted the tone how I did
Woh. That's an overreaction. I am willing to have a conversation with anyone. Most of my family and friends are conservative with wildly different viewpoints than myself. I'm also not nearly as liberal as most here think I am.
I stand by that based on previous posts on this thread the tone I interpreted from that post was fair. Many come here to simply slam Austin and troll those who live in the city.
Dude. You are trolling now. Looking at this thread and others I am clearly here for discussion, and yes, I will call out those who are simply here to trash austin.
Going in circles here. Due to previous posts including some of yours it was fair to Interrpret the tone the way I did.
I'm sure reporting isn't perfect. I believe the article. I assume it's never been perfect. I also assume it varies from crime to crime. I also assume small towns and large cities each have issues in reporting, although issues that are different
I have given personal examples of Austin police response and the call center improving on their response time. Although, even at the peak of the call response issues the large majority were still taken care of in an appropriate time.
You are focused on semantics to try and win an argument. Stop acting like I threw a temper tantrum
