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Originally Posted by Mickey76
The gun violence thing is interesting as it is so exaggerated by the Canadian press. Tragic and more dangerous then Canada for sure, but US homicides by firearms were higher yearly from 1970 to around 2000 then they are now. 1974 was a far more dangerous time to live or visit the US.
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I don't know, firearms murders in the US are approaching their peak again, so I don't think it's that far off. They peaked at 7.2 per 100K in the '70s, hovered around 3.5-4.5 from the late '90s to 2020, but have now nearly doubled and are back up to 6.7 per 100K.
Objectively, it's still generally safe, and gun violence is normally centered around certain areas, but you never know. One of the last times I was in Palm Springs (hardly a dangerous area of note) I heard a guy get shot and killed in the middle of the day about a block away from where I was. Then about a week later, a random customer got murdered at the outlet malls during a hold up a few hours after I had been there. I can't say I have experienced either of those things in a lifetime in Canada.
For the OP, not sure of the age of your kids, but if they're older you'll definitely want to double check the implications of living there while on a non-immigrant visa. My understanding is that if you live there on an E2, they can't ever work and they'll need to quality for a different kind of visa to remain in the country once they're 21 (or they can leave).