Chicago vs Houston

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Land area of Chicago: 234 sq. miles
Land area of Houston: 669 sq. miles

Suburbia, even poor suburbia, ain't the same as high-rise ghettos.

Good point.

The imbalance of legal vs illegal weapons is also a thing but flooding Chicago with legal weapons probably isn't a winner either.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I agree, the author of that thing was trying to make it a case for guns. I'm not buying his argument but thought the comparison data was interesting. I wonder how the police budgets would compare, Chicago's must be an order of magnitude or two, or three, higher than Houston.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by Griff

Good point.

The imbalance of legal vs illegal weapons is also a thing but flooding Chicago with legal weapons probably isn't a winner either.

It's difficult for poor people to make money selling black market guns in a city like Houston where more types of guns, availability, and concealed carry are legal. So they go to Chicago. It's their kind of town.