Do You Live in a Dangerous City?
 

CAMDEN, NJ is most dangerous city

Most dangerous cities:
1. Camden, N.J.
2. Detroit
3. St. Louis
4. Flint, Mich.
5. Richmond, Va.
6. Baltimore
7. Atlanta
8. New Orleans
9. Gary, Ind.
10. Birmingham, Ala.

Safest cities:
1. Newton, Mass.
2. Clarkstown, N.Y.
3. Amherst, N.Y.
4. Mission Viejo, Calif.
5. Brick Township, N.J.
6. Troy, Mich.
7. Thousand Oaks, Calif.
8. Round Rock, Texas
9. Lake Forest, Calif.
10. Cary, N.C.

Source: Morgan Quitno Press

That's the second year in a row for Camden. Good going, NJ! lol

I'm supposed to be going to Richmond for Christmas. That's great.
Just great.

Yep, I live in Atlanta and I'm originally from Detroit :o

Who ever created that list was full of bull. What's supposed to be so bad about st. louis? Neither NYC, Chicago, Miami, nor LA were mentioned. :confused:

I must agree, also where is DC? It aint safe by a long shot. And as much as I LOVE my home town Oakland, CA, where is it? We all KNOW that place aint "safe":rolleyes:

I think the size of the city + # of crimes reported is the equation used, so if EXAMPLE: West Bubblefreak is a city of 100,000 but has 25, 000 crimes reported but East Bubblefreak is a city of 1, 000, 000 with 25,000 crimes reported, West Bubble is more dangerous.


Just my take.:)

Atlanta? Well I guess you just have to live here. *shrugs*

I also live in Atlanta and am originally from Detroit. They had a report on tv earlier this year. The report stated that a few cities were not reporting their crimes to the national survey. They speculated that the reason why is because a nice amount of the cities revenue come from tourism and who wants to visit a city that’s on a most dangerous list. Atlanta was one of the cities caught doing this. As time goes on more cities will get caught if they are doing this. I think some other cities are defiantly missing from this list.

oohhh Gotcha.Thanks

Same here :)

Thank you Misbehavn23 I wondered if the numbers were fixed for certain reason.

I'm not too surprised that DC isn't up there. With all this gentrification, the crime rate here has been on a decline while crime in Prince Georges County, MD (right across the line) continues to grow.

The scary thing is that I'm a part-time resident of the 9th safest city in the country and a former resident of the 13th safest city. Yes, I'm one of the 1.5% AfAm population of the OC. :rolleyes:

Hmm I am very surprised about Gary, Indiana:confused:

ETA: However, it is the largest city in Indiana, very close to Chicago and the birthplace of M.Jackson:rolleyes:

Gary is my hometown and I'm scared to roll through there during certain hours of the day...It was once the Murder Capital of the US

It's very sad though because the city just looks so drab and from what my momma tells me...it was once a very nice city:(

Yeah I went back to edit my post, I was just thinking there are some places that are scary in Gary. However, I just thought that some other cities would be at the top 10. Im from Fort Wayne and I've only been to Gary a few times to visit college friends and it wasnt' that bad of an experience.

Camden is right across the bridge from me, and I must admit there is no way that I am over there at night. I'm so glad that my cousin finally moved from there....because CAMDEN is no damn joke.

Thing is...

According to the way this is determined, I've lived in one dangerous city or another.

Born and raised in Gary, reside in the A-T-L.

Ahhh well!

Here's a better link that provides population figures:



http://geography.about.com/gi/dynami...safecity12.htm

According to my car insurance company yes I live in one......LOL.

I see two that I am pretty close to in the top ten-and one I used to live in- and to think I was considering Atlanta!:eek:

And at one point, I considered picking up and moving to Birmingham, AL with my fiancee when I finish with grad school and after we get married. I dunno about that now. :(

I'm not surprised to see Detroit near the top of the list at all. Even with all the improvements, it is still a very dangerous city.

I am shocked to see Troy as one of the safest cities. It is about 10 minutes from Detroit. I guess they are thinking that criminals don't have cars. :confused: Cars are always getting broken into at the mall out there, but maybe that doesn't count.

I saw a report on Camden and I seriously want to move there and be a high school teacher. AND, pull together a large prayer group to cover the city. I'm in prayer about this or something similar. I feel like cities like this need people there who will be prayer warriors and will try to make a difference. I would love to do anything I could to keep the students in school. My heart goes out to all the residents!

Do you remember when people would say, "Oh we are moving to the good side of town." Stop and think about it for a moment.............................. That doesn't exsist anymore, not sure really that it ever did. But even the best of neighborhoods and cities have crimes occuring everyday.
To me that's scary, but I keep God first and make the best of every day that I'm given.

Baltimore is #6 on the list. However, it was just reported on the local news that the police department discovered some *irregularities* in how crime statistics are being reported. Apparently, since crimes in 2004 were reported in 2005 and other issues, Baltimore is not as dangerous as they thought! ?:rolleyes: Gotta keep those tourism dollars flowing, ya know

New Orleans should not be on this list. All of the criminals are elsewhere. :o

This must have been compiled prior to Katrina.

That is so true. Have all of the prisoners been found who 'left' during Katrina? What about the criminal records?

Is Camden really worse than Detroit and Baltimore? It's such a little place, isn't it?

I live in the heart of Detroit.

While it is #2, most crimes around here consists of petty larceny, burglary and car theft. I feel pretty safe in my neighborhood I guess.

I live in Bastrop (country azz town) Louisiana...

Yes, it's extremely dangerous. This one time (at band camp:D), the price of belt buckles (that light up and spell your name:eek: ) and pints of crown royal went up about 25 cents. We almost had the biggest riot this country has ever seen.

CTFU CTFU CTFU!!!!!!

((insert the LMAO @ computer icon here))

I don't know. The sheriff claimed no one 'left' or was unaccounted for. However, 5 or so in fact were. I think a couple of them were arrested in other areas. Mess...cover ups and more mess!

Just know, just because you all aren't hearing things, there is continuous drama going on. Bodies are still being discovered and chit will get worse before it gets better.

Don't forget about the car jackings, armed robberies and assualts. They happen pretty frequently too. There's a lot of gang activity in some neighborhoods too.