re: Had my Truck Stolen Friday - Dallas, TX

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It is a blue city in a blue county, and this point we pretty much know Democrat controlled places are among the worst places to be.

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The last conservative mayor was in the mid 90s and the crime rate/ murder rate was sky high. Since dems took control the crime/murder rate has consistently fallen so much that even with the current uptick, crime/murder rate is less than half what it was in the mid 90's. And in the last year, the murder rate has fallen by 10% and crime rate by 13%. So you might not like Dallas and that's fine but your perception of it being a "shithole" and "the worst places to be" is not reflected in reality of crime rates or the skyrocketing property values and gentrification of previously run-down hoods. I've lived here for 30 years and it was kind of a boring, dreary place in the early to mid 90s but it has greatly improved under blue control.