I think are probably right. I think most of these states made the list dur to individual reasons. But my understanding is that places like Chicago, Boston, and Camden, NJ had fast rising crimes rates. So how did New Mexico make it?
“So how did New Mexico make it?”
1. Indian reservations
2. It’s a pathetically poor state, with the only industry being oil/gas and the Democratic administration is doing its best to shut that down in the state.
(I say this as a bothersome Texan.)