common statistical error. less people equals less crime, true, but when you are an individual person seeking peace/safety as an individual the far more valuable stat is the per capita which normalizes for the population. by this measure, Maine is #1 with Wyoming at #5/50 but with double the violent crime per capita.
Probably Wyoming by definition, there are fewer people in that big ass state than there are in many big cities
common statistical error. less people equals less crime, true, but when you are an individual person seeking peace/safety as an individual the far more valuable stat is the per capita which normalizes for the population. by this measure, Maine is #1 with Wyoming at #5/50 but with double the violent crime per capita.
It depends on what you mean by “peaceful.” I took it to mean “quiet”, not "the absence of violence. "
perfectly true
My recollection is that Wyoming has as many people as the northern half of Manhattan.