Not sure if this belongs here or in the Things That Suck thread. @RRabbit42 posted about the eight girls who killed a man in Toronto on the RIP thread. I work in Toronto and, when I need to be in the office, often commute into the station mentioned in the story. I know the intersection it happened at - University and York - well; heck I’ve walked through it many, many times. I may have even walked past the victim before. The thing is, we’re not talking about a sketchy neighbourhood here. It’s a vibrant area with lots restaurants and one of the oldest and, arguably, poshest hotels right at that intersection. And that makes me wonder if that’s part of the reason this is getting so much more press - especially international press - than if it had happened in one of the “bad” neighbourhoods like Jane and Finch. I know that the age of the girls and the senselessness of the crime is a factor but, still, I look at the coverage of murders in other areas versus the coverage of this one, and I wonder.
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