Why is there so much crime in American cities like New York, Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, and Oakland?

[Anonymous]

Seems like European, and Canadian, cities are much safer.

[exitseven]

Democrat leadership. This is what happens when you defund the police, elect DAs that let criminals back on the street because they are not really criminals , they are oppressed. Then the ring the dinner bell for every loafer to come across the open southern border and live free on the taxpayers srm.

[Asker]

Best answer by far.

[exitseven]

thanks.😊😊😊

[slatyb]

You lumped a bunch of cities together with widely differing crime rates. New York is relatively safe.

And of course European and Canadian cities are much safer. They have sensible gun control laws.

[laly520]

Gangs n drugs r the overt reasons for Chicago's high crime plus the bigger the city the more crimes there is

[OlderAndWiser]

The unsafe cities are run by Democrats who are very soft on crime, and the results speak for themselves.

[strateguy632]

some of these don't allow guns, so only criminals have guns so nobody can stop the criminals. also democrat refuse to deter crime and manage those cities as exit wrote.

[OtterMan68]

lots and lots of guns
culture of "an eye for an eye" and that any disrespect must be met with violence
Poor job of parents and schools teaching non-violent conflict resolution
Poverty

[Astarlessnightsky]

Lots of poverty. Poverty is the biggest factor for crime.

[Phoenix98]

Honestly it's because democrats run all those cities.

[Akam93]

One word democrats.