Professor Murder Rides the Subway

The New York Times would like to remind you that just because print is dead, it doesn't mean that other things aren't dying too. Things like New Yorkers. And so they've compiled a morbidly fascinating homicide map of the city covering the years 2003-2009. Now I can positively confirm that there has not been a murder within a one-block radius of my apartment since 2004. Should I be relieved or terrified?

And just because it seems appropriate to the situation: