Re: Why does Eire get so much press?

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From: James F. Tims
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:36

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>DATE:   Sun, 10 Jan 1993 16:56:22 GMT
>FROM:   David Conrad <dave@tygra.Michigan.COM>
>
>In article <2935506688.1.p00168@psilink.com> "James F. Tims" <p00168@psilink.com> writes:
>>Since Belfast is about 1/5 the size of Detroit, assuming that all 2000 
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>Where did you get this number?  I'm pretty sure that it's high by about
>a factor of 8.  I don't think we've even reached 1 murder per day here
>in Detroit yet, although I realize that's still pretty bad....
>
>David R. Conrad
>-- 

Ok.  New back-of-envelope estimates:  25 years,  Detroit five times the 
population of Belfast.  12000 for Detroit (assuming just under 500/year),  
2000 for Belfast.  Seems about the same, given the sorry precision of 
the data.
-jim

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