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Violent crime is going down for a long time now. So there's that.
People are also much more accepting and open to different people. Still a long way to go but I think we can appreciate the progress.
Taking lead out of gas did wonders for that, though there's enough lead in urban soil that it's probably not good to eat eggs from urban yard chickens, or some root vegetables like carrots, turnips, radishes, and beets if grown in urban soil. That said, other than some root veggies, garden veggies do not take up lead in the soil.
Or tomatoes. Our pediatrician said for older houses you need to expect soil near the houses to be contaminated by lead paint so vegetable gardens (unless separated soil) are not a good idea, especially tomatoes
Edit: apparently lettuce too
https://www.soils.org/news/science-news/lead-contamination-garden-soils/
How many tomatoes would you have to grow to purify the soil
That doesn't seem true but I will believe you and not check data.
The only way to know is to check data, since the media is incentivized to report on it as much as possible to drive views.
Yeah but if I check it and is not true then I will feel sad again .. I prefer to believe what the parent commenter said in this case 😂
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/WLD/world/murder-homicide-rate