# "Without hesitation, I choose the city" by William Graebner

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**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/without-hesitation-i-choose-the-city-by-william-graebner/23315 "2007-01-19T18:03:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/without-hesitation-i-choose-the-city-by-william-graebner/23315/31 "2007-01-20T09:57:21Z")

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> [@RobHimself](#):
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> … the only replies i see as ignorant is the use of the word crackhead and gang problems. There aren’s so many gang problems as there is crime in general.

Really? The recent murder rate increase isn’t related to gang activity? I think the [police and FBI would disagree.](http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=allfields(Drugs+gangs+blamed+for+surge+in+killings)%20AND%20date(01/01/2006%20to%2012/31/2007)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=01/01/2006%20to%2012/31/2007)&p\_field\_advanced-0=&p\_text\_advanced-0=()

You can sign up and buy the whole article out of the archive if you want, but the first paragraph that is free should be enough. I read the whole thing when it was in the paper.

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