Reply #237: okay, you made me look

[iverglas]

Seattle population, in what appears to be 2003: 576,296.

http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Seattle&state=WA

On what planet does that make it remotely comparable to Vancouver?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver

In the Canada 2006 Census, the city of Vancouver had a population of 578,041 and Metro Vancouver had a population of 2,116,581. As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 615,473 and the metropolitan area has an estimated population of 2,318,200.

What's the population of the metropolitan area of Seattle? Does Seattle have a metropolitan area?

:rofl:


Homicide figures for Vancouver are for METROPOLITAN Vancouver.

In 2006, there were 15 firearms-related homicides in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, a rate of 0.7/100,000.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080220/t080220b-eng.htm

Find me a burg in the US with a firearms homicide rate that low, and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to see it on a map without a microscope.