Group ranks most dangerous U.S. cities

CNN ^ | Nov 21st, 2005

[laney]

CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) -- For the second year in a row this destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, has been named the nation's most dangerous, according to a company's annual ranking based on crime statistics.

Last year, the distinction seemed to hurt city boosters' feelings more than it harmed revitalization efforts. This time, city leaders are offended by the ranking, calling it unfair.

"We're doing so many nice things now. It's unfortunate that somebody always wants to bad-mouth Camden," Mayor Gwendolyn Faison said.

The city took the top spot last year from Detroit, which remained No. 2 in the most dangerous city rankings, to be released Monday by Morgan Quitno Press.

The Lawrence, Kansas-based company publishes "City Crime Rankings," an annual reference book.

Listed as the most dangerous cities are: Camden, New Jersey; Detroit, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary, Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama

[Melas]

Please, he's not recognizing a fact. It's not as though he's pointing out a bizarre coincidence and you know it. The not-so-subtle implication is that these cities are dangerous because of the high percentage of black people living there. Are you agreeing that black people are dangerous? I hope not.

[taxed2death]

"Please, no one is going to fall for the coy routine. The faux inability to put your finger on it is just a pathetic veil you're trying to stick between your post and banishement. Everyone knows you mean that those cities are primarily black. Racism is becoming common on FR."

Funny, the "black angle" never occurred to me on the other FReepers post. I kinda thought he was referring to "Muslims".

Whew knew?

Either way...asking a rhetorical question can hardly be called racist.

[quantim]

1 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI M.D.

As far as Livonia is concerned that's misleading, an error, or somehow reported and calculated erroneously.

It is perennially one of the top 10 safest cities over 100,000.

Livonia ranked again among safest in U.S.

[SteveMcKing]

"Everyone knows you mean that those cities are primarily black."

That's your own racist interpretation to assume such a thing.

The correct analysis is to reference a county-by-county election map from November 2, 2004. The tumors that invade this nation reside at the same geographic coordinates as those cities listed. Those tumors are blue.

Exploiting race as a factor is an art practiced by such whores as Jesse Jackson or any modern liberal.

[Icelander]

Camden, NJ City Population 2000: 79,904
POPULATION
		Number				Number		Number
Total population		79,904
Square miles (land)		8.82
Population per square mile		9,057.04				1,134.42		79.56
GENDER
		Number		Pct		Pct		Pct
Male		38,784		48.5		48.5		49.1
Female		41,120		51.5		51.5		50.9
AGE
		Number		Pct		Pct		Pct
15 or younger		23,399		29.3		20.9		21.4
16-24		13,835		17.3		11.9		13.9
25-44		23,537		29.5		31.2		30.2
45-64		13,043		16.3		22.7		22.0
65+		6,090		7.6		13.2		12.4
		Number				Number		Number
Average age (years)		30.25				37.19		36.22
RACE AND ETHNICITY
		Number		Pct		Pct		Pct
White		13,454		16.8		72.6		75.1
Black or African American		42,628		53.3		13.6		12.3
American Indian and Alaska native		435		0.5		0.2		0.9
Asian		1,958		2.5		5.7		3.6
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander		59		0.1		0.0		0.1
Some other race		18,239		22.8		5.4		5.5
Two or more races		3,131		3.9		2.5		2.4
Hispanic or Latino		31,019		38.8		13.3		12.5
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census; ePodunk

[RetiredArmy]

Guess we chose wisely to decide to move from the Socialist Republic of WA state to Wyoming.

[RetiredArmy]

You have my condolences.

[Serb5150]

I was in Memphis for the first time recently and was shocked at the number of hookers on the streets.

[ArrogantBustard]

You have my condolences.

Thanks, but you might better direct you condolences to someone who actually lives in that rat (and 'Rat) infested hellhole. I'm just the neighbour of the beast; Fairfax County is a much nicer place than Washington.

[M1Tanker]

(sarcasm)This poll is a farce!! Don't you know most of these cities are run by peace-loving, appeasement pushing, concerned (we really feel good, truly), multicultural, better than you will ever be, glorious Progressive Leftists?!?! You little nasty conservatives!!

We sill sic our terrorist allies and communist rabble on you until you are beaten into submission to our glorious forms as you bow to the alter of our New Age paganism while your evil churches and synagogues burn and your (I mean the State's) children are sent to our Hitle...I mean Hillary Youth Camps!!!

There they will receive their indoctrination and brainwashing...I mean outcome-based public education from our education experts like that wonderful, tolerant man Ward Chruchill (he's a real life Native American, not like you righties who just had 20 generations of family born in the US) and that bastion of open-mindedness and really great speller, Professor Daly!!

After all, the Left has ruled the plantations, I mean worker's paradises of the cities like Detroit, Chicago, and New Orleans for years and look at how we *take care* of people!! In N.O. we wouldn't let them evacuate on lowly school buses and evil trains, we wanted Greyhounds! And after the floods, we did everything we could to stop the military and FEMA from coming in and seeing the misery we put these people through...ummm... I mean keeping those good people from being hurt.. Yeah, that's it!

(/sarcasm)

Sorry, I had to rant against these leftists who let their people burn in cesspools while they proclaim and force through their elitist Bovine Secretion policies that only empower criminals and reduce good poeple to sniviling sheeple unable, and unwilling to protect themselves.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. And that is also a hallmark of the "progressive" left. And because of that, our cities "progress" to staggering murder/assault/rape rates and continue to "progress" into a deep hole.

[Mulch]

Well, whats your explanation?

[M1Tanker]

I think Detroit may try to claim Livonia, like it claims many other areas, to maintain "city" status. The rate inner-city Detroit is emptying, Battle Creek may out-populate Detroit soon.

Of course, Detroit's shrinking size and corruption doesn't stop the State from dumping money on Detroit like water on a forest fire.

[KenmcG414]

HA! HA! HA! One doesn't have to be a brain surgeon. The majority electorate keeps voting for the democRATS. As long as people like Torricelli, McGreevey, Corzine, Lautenberg are at the helm don't look for improvement.

[driftless]

Six out of the twentyfive safest metro areas were in Wisconsin. I assure you that Wisconsin has one of the highest if not the highest rate of gun ownership in the country. But of course guns cause crime as all libs tell us. (smirk)

[Melas]

In that case, I hope you accept my most humble and sincere apology. I completely misread your intent.

[M1Tanker]

Yeah, I grew up far away from Detroit, but my father did his internship at Pontiac General Hospital during the 68 Riots. After he got out of the Army, we moved to his home town, and moved again ten years later to keep away from the city's growth.

My wife wants to retire to Detroit... I want to retire to rural Michigan and let the cities burn themselves out.

[misharu]

Please take one thing into consideration when you say St. Louis Missouri. I live in St. Louis Missouri by mailing address, but I live in St. Louis COUNTY Missouri. The county ain't NOTHING like the city!

[quantim]

My wife grew up in Detroit

LOL, just about the only good thing to come out of Detroit in the last generation was my wife too!  We're tucked away safely in one the west-side red 'burbs.

We've got our retirement chalet up north, lots of acres.

Talk about a state of contrasts - the best of the best and the worst of the worst.

[SoCal Pubbie]

You have blizzards and hurricanes any day? Well, good luck with that.