Hows about Chicago? Looks like its becoming Murder Central, USA.
Here in Sweden, the authorities are still desperately clinging to their “there is no increased frequency of violence, anywhere”-meme. Only one problem. Sweden has between one and two murders a week per average. When a city (Swedes know which city) with a population that is about 5% of the whole country seems to have one murder every other week – the statistics just don’t add up. By average, this city should have between 2.5 and 5 murders per year. If I counted correctly, they have already breached ten this year, and we’re only in July.
So, there are in fact places you do not want to live, and there are places from which everyone who can should move. Sure – that’ll just leave the criminal miscreants and the welfare class, thus making the situation even worse. Unfortunately, my compassion for the welfare class is limited, knowing full well that most of them could get a job if they wanted (usually they don’t want “bad” jobs like planting trees, cleaning the streets or mucking about in the mud. too bad – get an education you nimbwits).
So, as the slightly erronous concept of “white flight” (it isn’t white people, it is middle-class people who want to live in a decent community, including people of other ethnicities) is becoming more and more familiar to many, I’ll leave you with this : You idiots and low-level scum can have your soon-to-be garbage-piles of cities. The rest of us are going somewhere else. And within a decade or two – we are going to stop paying for your decadent largesse as well – and that’s when the playing field “evens out” in the natural way, so to speak.
I guess I was a racist again. Too bad I don’t give a flying hoot at this point.
Thanks for the linkage sir. You’re in Sweden and it’s getting bad over there? I’m beginning to feel that there is no safe place anymore.
Bill : Bad is relative. We still have a murder frequency that is miles below the US. The problem though is that there is some signs of cracks in the facade here as well. Most specifically, we have a fairly large immigrant population that is growing rapidly, and our beloved government thinks that with socialism they will all be integrated into the general population instantly. Problem is, statistics tell another story, instead we now have middle-eastern outposts popping up everywhere, which is starting to bother people quite a bit…..
Also, the over-representation of certain groups in violent/sexual crimes is rather disturbing. Of course, we are not allowed to mention it, due to the inherent racism in such statements.
We all know the representation of what groups are committing the majority of the crimes in both our countries. I hope it’s bothering your elites more than it seems to be bothering mine. I’ve visited your country during business trips and have always been extremely impressed with the beauty there. It would be a shame to lose that inimitable Swedish spirit that I witnessed when I was there. What’s lost sometimes in my country is that what I write about is a minority condition but not for long. I live in a little beautiful beachfront community where something is always going on like street concerts and markets. But being adjacent to a large city has me and my fellow citizens worried to the point where we are planning on blowing the bridges to my community if it comes to it.
Bill : Statistics don’t lie, even if one should interpret them with caution. I don’t give much for racial theories, quite a lot for cultural theories though. And it isn’t bothering our elites at all, they are not only ignorant they are outright delusional. Now, like I mentioned previously, we are not as far gone as Detroit, Chicago etc., in fact the problem is largely localized to certain urban areas. But I hear ya on the bridge-blowing thinking, I suspect that private law enforcement is going to become more common in those areas bordering troubled areas in the years ahead.
Sweden is still beautiful, and there are lots and lots of friendly people here. There are lots of friendly people here that come from other parts of the world as well, which is worth noting. But we have certain areas that have fallen rapidly downwards, and the scary thing is the speed of the descent. And what these areas have in common is that they have suddenly seen a large influx of migrants who do not know the language, are not interested in our culture and by average live 7 years on welfare before finding a job. And due to our blissfully unaware leaders (of course none of them live in, or even close to these areas) the rate of influx is accelerating. So, not for long, perhaps, here either.
Right now I’m waiting for a comment from someone under the nickname of “Utlandssvensk”, if he is still hovering in the background here….
“Right now I’m waiting for a comment from someone under the nickname of “Utlandssvensk”, if he is still hovering in the background here….”
Thanks for wating! I do read you blog every now and then. Regarding immigration and swedish crime statistics, I translated an 8 page article about the swedish rape wave to English if anybody is interested:
http://cavatus.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/sweden-a-raped-country/
My recommendation would be to leave the country ASAP. For anybody with a basic libertarian outlook combined with some conservative values, Switzerland is an ideal location.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and actually link that, with a few disclaimers. I do not want to get caught up in this debate, simply because I know how it will all end. When this shit blows up, I’m going to start commenting on it. Until then, I’m simply biding my time and planning for the future.
When a city (Swedes know which city) with a population that is about 5% of the whole country seems to have one murder every other week – the statistics just don’t add up
Malmo?
If it was a contest, you would be the winner. Malmö, the pride of Sweden.
Sweet be-Jebus.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/alleged-mastermind-behind-israel-bus-explosion-identified-swedish-national-mehdi-ghezali
Not “saying” anything. I’m just sayin’, you know?
Snoop : It seems however that that was misinformation. Not that I trust the Swedish Security Police (SÄPO) that much, but they have made statements indicating they are quite certain its not him. Since Im assuming he’s on 24 hour watch, they may be right.
It would seem that mass-immigration is very much an achilles heel of the Scandinavian socialist model.
In years gone by, Sweden, while being a place that would scunner the most ardent capitalist, at least managed to create a society that was safe and clean.
But this couldn’t last for long. Not while a large chunk of government resources were being thrown at the wide-scale import of people from primitive and violent societies and injecting them with a “I’m not responsible for anything. Let the state do it” mindset.
I was in the thriving multicultural metropolis of….Borås and witnessed a group of people of a multicultural persuasion openly dealing drugs in broad daylight in the town centre.
Is there anywhere left in Sverige which in untainted?
Well, I’ll give you half correct. What most people do not know about at least Sweden (which was the worst socialists in Scandinavia – now we sort of tie with Denmark) is that the welfare model collapsed already early 90′s. They saved it temporarily by some cutbacks and what they call “neo-liberalism” (basically selling state enterprises to crony capitalists to get some extra income and avoid the blame for when services are not sufficient). Admittedly, they have sped up the decline again by immigration policies that clash completely with the welfare – and labour-policies.
I would like to note that the whole immigration thing COULD have perhaps worked if there wasn’t a welfare state and a working labour market, because then people would be assimilated into the surrounding culture (or they wouldn’t be able to earn a living). As for the cultural debate, I do not really mind other cultures per se, as long as they don’t try to impose on me and pay for themselves. However, I prefer cultural homogenity (ergo I’m a racist according to contemporary views) simply because I feel more safe and at home. Other cultures may exist wherever they wish, but I will always prefer being able to move to some place where I feel at home.
I’m horrified, but not surprised about what you said about Borås. But yes, there are places which are better (I live in one of em), and they are basically the upper middle-class or upper class areas, or the places out in the woods which very few people move to.