[Tymesup]

NYC and Chicago were neck and neck for 2003. There was some question about a small number of homicides in NYC which, if counted, would put it over 600 and past Chicago.

Note NYC has been in the 600 range since Giuliani was in office. It was around 2400 when Dinkins was mayor.

Springsteen wrote "41 Shots" about the tragic death of Amadou Diallo. No one wrote anything about the 1800 extra deaths each year under Dinkins.

[Reeses]

If one soldier out of 140,000 dies every day, they'll all be dead in 372 years.

I'd just like to live till 200. The last 172 years aren't the greatest.

[saquin]

NYC and Chicago were neck and neck for 2003. There was some question about a small number of homicides in NYC which, if counted, would put it over 600 and past Chicago.

I know this is slightly off-topic, but I just wanted to point out that NYC has about 3 times the population of Chicago so while the actual homicide numbers may have been close, Chicago's murder rate was much higher. NYC is actually an amazingly safe city. Safer than any other large city in the U.S. and safer than many other smaller cities, too.