So there has been a lot of publicity as of recent over a study conducted by CQ Press, a unit of Congressional Quarterly Inc.
Basically, they compile a bunch of data on criminal activities, weighting it toward violent crime, then publish a list of the “top-10″ most dangerous cities. See the story here
Interestingly, and a little scary is the fact that I live in between 2 very dangerous cities.. To be honest, I’ve always attributed my city-anxiety to not being a “city person”, but maybe my hesitation to go to Oakland is well founded… Here is that map:
Scary…
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1 J // Nov 20, 2007 at 5:48 pm
MMmm…I live 151 mi – about 2 hours 25 mins from Birmingham, AL. which is the 6th most dangerous city. Betcha didn’t think of that one. I don’t think either one of us are quite comfortable in “cities” having come from somewhat rural areas. I wonder where Nashville [90 miles from here] is in this scale, now that the 2006-2007 crime rates are WAY up and murders up 300% or there abouts…gosh, I’m in between 2 dangerous cites too! Yikes, MOM
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