So I've heard that Dublin is pretty rough thanks to all the Conor McG cokehead mafia rumors, and then read this, so I decided to take a look. Granted this is a 5 minute search, not some really thorough sociological study, but here is what I found
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin#Demographics
86% white, 2% black, 5% Asian, 5% didn't say (I rounded the numbers but close enough). Total population 1.2M, 15% foreign born.
Now to the actual crime stats -
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cri...reases-significantly-over-past-year-1.3443096
Looking at the homicide rate (the closes apples-to-apples comparison I can tease out here), that's (71/1200000) = 5.912 homicides per 100K. That would put Dublin as a city right in the middle, homicide-wise, compared to the US state aggregates. That's not even close to some of the worst US cities
(cited previously:
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-ga.../25-most-dangerous-cities-america/1669467002/ )
Where does this reputation about Dublin come from?
Everyone wants to argue that their reason crime exists is the primary, solo reason. The reality is everyone in this thread is probably hitting on some degree of causal truth, especially if they are able to at least substantiate it with evidence. Demographics, economics, history, culture, POPULATION DENSITY, current events, city management (or lack thereof), internal politics gaining from crime, etc. These are all factors to be taken into account with a neutral mind.