The "Safest" Cities - Blog Day Afternoon Posted by Jeff (Thursday March 27 2003 @ 09:05AM EST)

CNN Money has compiled a list of what they deem the safest and unsafest cities in America. Working with raw data from On Board which they fail to share, CNN has constructed a pair of lists based on crimes per 100,000 residents. To be eligible for consideration, the city must have at least 300,000 residents. The figures include data from 2001 which is the most recent available. The Safest Cities City Population Crimes per 100,000 San Jose, CA 913,513 27.5 New York, NY 8,023,018 33.2 Anaheim, CA 334,110 33.6 Santa Ana, CA 344,258 35.0 Virginia Beach, VA 431,819 37.4 Click here for complete list. The Unsafest Cities City Population Crimes per 100,000 St. Louis, MO 350,336 150.2 Atlanta, GA 426,511 122.4 Kansas City, MO 444,267 112.5 Tampa, FL 311,310 111.9 Memphis, TN 655,898 99.8 Click here for complete list. Annecdotal evidence supports the claim that San Jose is the "safest" city. While scanning the police blotter in a local newspaper, I was stunned at the reported crimes: someone stole a lawn sprinkler, kids knock over trash cans, resident heard a noise which turned out to be an animal. This level of safety is not without a price, however. In the real estate section, I found an ad for a small one bedroom house on a tiny plot of land. The price? $1,200,000.00 The "unsafest" city I've been to is Baltimore. Let's just say they don't call it Bodymore, Murderland without reason.

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By Mark (Thursday March 27 2003 @ 01:50PM EST)

I was not suprised that Balmor was listed as 8. I always assumed that "they" gave up on the city which never made sense to me. I always thought that Balmor could create a South Street atmosphere with the Harbor as the center piece. The problem is that the sketchy have pushed out into balmor county. The city put both stadiums next to 95 so you can see a game and then get the hell out of there

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By Jeff (Thursday March 27 2003 @ 02:28PM EST) Hmmm, me thinks "sketchy" is a euphemism... [ reply | parent ]

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