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It's crazy seeing kids being kids. In the 90's abuse was legal and used, daily. I guess the trade off is life expectancy since we didn't dodge bullets on the daily.
In 1990 violent crime was twice what it is now. It dropped heavily from 91' until 99'.
We just think it is more dangerous now because we can see it every time we reach in our pockets. (And companies make money off making sure we see it.)
I would say school shootings are higher now than any point in U.S. history. Child abuse is always an issue but kids today are more protected than in the 90s.
Yeah I would say they have been abnormally high since 2016, with 2020 being an oddity (COVID).
Murders overall are half what they were in 1990. Meaning we have a lot more targeted attacks for various reasons I'm not going to speculate in because my bias would likely impact what I think reasonings may be.
Yeah, it is safer now then ever before overall. I live in Sacramento. Very big place area wise but 20 years ago.... It was dangerous with almost half the population size.
New York in the early 90s was cool but you never went down any alleys. I don't care what it was. If it rolls down the alley it is the lords then.