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Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« on: November 28, 2010, 01:02:19 PM »
I give up trying to embed the little flash widget! Here's the link: http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=266369

there is a flash window near the bottom with the rankings.
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2010, 03:23:49 PM »
My city is in 4th place. Do I get a condolence prize?
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2010, 04:35:24 PM »
I've got a question that actually points out a flaw in this ranking:

Minneapolis is 48th and St. Paul is 102.  In reality these two cities, plus a handful of others within the 494/694 loop (I-94 metro area) are really just one big city.  To way that St. Paul is that much safer than Minneapolis ignores that some areas of Minneapolis are safer than others, and that some areas of St. Paul are actually as bad as the worst area in northern Minneapolis.

Anyway, even with the flaw, both these cities are in the bad zone!
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2010, 04:37:04 PM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on November 28, 2010, 03:23:49 PM
My city is in 4th place. Do I get a condolence prize?

You should at least get an ammo discount.
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2010, 04:51:55 PM »
the major city here is 72, lower then I actually though it would be.
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2010, 05:13:48 PM »
Actually TAB, Oakland is #5, Richmond #6, and Compton #8.
NH, Me, and Vt didn't make the list at all.
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2010, 05:20:25 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on November 28, 2010, 05:13:48 PM
Actually TAB, Oakland is #5, Richmond #6, and Compton #8.
NH, Me, and Vt didn't make the list at all.

I don't go to any of those places. 


I was speaking of sacramento.  which has some pretty nasty parts, no where near as bad as those mentioned, but still paces I don't go.
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2010, 06:02:27 PM »
Quote from: TAB on November 28, 2010, 05:20:25 PM
I don't go to any of those places. 

I was speaking of sacramento.  which has some pretty nasty parts, no where near as bad as those mentioned, but still paces I don't go.

I think these lists' weight gets thrown off by the good parts of cities that have really bad parts. My city is at 391 and we have been named by the FBI as America's safest city for 6 years. However, we still have crime and we get spill over of crime from neighboring Santa Ana, which we know to have parts as bad as any large city in the Country. Somehow Santa Ana gets into the middle of the list and it has to be because of the quieter, safer parts of the city. Even LA and Long Beach are around the middle. I don't go near Compton, ever.

Tom, I don't know if your States up there have any cities big enough to be considered in the list and it seems like the smaller city folk have more manners, so I wouldn't be surprised that they'd probably be safer anyhow.
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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2010, 06:54:26 PM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on November 28, 2010, 03:23:49 PM
My city is in 4th place. Do I get a condolence prize?

If you get condolences (or a discount on ammo) what do I get? My city's first.

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Re: Cities ranked by serious crime rate
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2010, 07:02:10 PM »
Quote from: Fuzdaddy on November 28, 2010, 06:02:27 PM
I think these lists' weight gets thrown off by the good parts of cities that have really bad parts. My city is at 391 and we have been named by the FBI as America's safest city for 6 years. However, we still have crime and we get spill over of crime from neighboring Santa Ana, which we know to have parts as bad as any large city in the Country. Somehow Santa Ana gets into the middle of the list and it has to be because of the quieter, safer parts of the city. Even LA and Long Beach are around the middle. I don't go near Compton, ever.

Tom, I don't know if your States up there have any cities big enough to be considered in the list and it seems like the smaller city folk have more manners, so I wouldn't be surprised that they'd probably be safer anyhow.

Unlike Mass just to the South, which did have multiple entries, We get CCW basicly for the asking in NH and Me. Vt. doesn't even have to ask.
So much for "common sense gun laws"   ::)
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