Does it blow your mind that Washington, D.C. has a higher homicide rate than Honduras?

[Reaganfan Democrat]

So Atlasians are far more likely to be reluctant to visit Honduras as opposed to Washington, D.C., despite the fact that Washington D.C. has a higher homicide rate.

Really shows the double think that red avatars have mastered.

At least in my case, the logic is that I worked with someone from Honduras in DC who told me not to visit Honduras because of how dangerous it is. Had he not told me that, I really wouldn't mind taking a trip to Tegucigalpa. But it seems like at least anecdotally, the impression of DC's relative safety applies to Hondurans as well.

Panama City is the only Central American capital that isn't a complete disaster where you only go to change planes.

[Reaganfan Democrat]

For an example of how criminal/dangerous DC is in my experience, a local chain called Foxtrot shut down about a month ago on very short notice. Such short notice, in fact, that they left all their stock on the shelves and the windows uncovered. A month later, their alcohol shelf is completely untouched despite being clearly visible from the street and the store being obviously unattended.

It opened its eighth D.C.-area store just five months ago in Logan Circle, with other store locations in Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Navy Yard, Farragut Square, Mount Vernon, Old Town Alexandria, Rosslyn and Bethesda.

lol, these are some of the nicest neighborhoods in the country, let alone the DC area. That only means the other half of the city is even more dangerous than the stats suggest.