Prior to moving to Chicago in 2017, I lived in Boston, where I visited recently with my son for his sixth birthday. While walking through our old neighborhood and taking him on a tour of some of the famous Colonial sites, it was hard not to reflect on our move. Across many metrics from economic dynamism to the reliability of city services, the dichotomy between the two cities is striking, but none more so than public safety.

Boston is palpably a safer city to walk around during the day and night, across almost all neighborhoods. The city has done so well that The Economist magazine even ran a feature story last year titled “ How Boston became the safest big city in America .” Granted, there are complex socioeconomic factors at play that may be difficult to emulate, but Chicago should as

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