Dallas most dangerous big city, FBI says

Star-Telegram ^ | 9-19-06 | wire

[wtc911]

But I feel perfectly safe to walk my dog anywhere we can make it,

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You seem unusually close to your pooch...

[justshutupandtakeit]

I thought it had washed out to sea last year.

[wtc911]

New York, Shmoo York. Their salsa is still terrible.

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I'll assume you mean the edible not the danceable.

[Larry Lucido]

I was a cop in Dallas, in a Detroit suburb, and in Illinois. I'll take anywhere in Detroit or Dallas over some parts of Chicago.

[Dysart]

Sorry, I couldn't resist, but seriously, I'm assuming that NO wasn't considered a big city.

[Constantine XIII]

Oh, whoops, of course! :)

[Labyrinthos]

These restrictions always lead to an increase in crime.

"Always?" How stupid. Obviously that is not the situation because NYC has by far the lowest crime rate and some of the strictest gun laws on the books of any place in the Country. Note that the bottom four cities on the list have a crime rate nearly three times as high as NYC and are located in states where gun laws are comparatively non-existant. I don't know whether NYC's low crime rate is because of the super-strict gun laws or in spite of them, I am not suggesting cause and effect, and I am not suggesting that our rights under the Second Amendment should be at the mercy of statistics. What I am saying is that there are very few absolutes in life and to use the word "always" as you did is incredibly stupid and defies the obvious.

[justshutupandtakeit]

After asking I figured that out too. You will never find me complaining about a smartass answer unless it is because I didn't give it first.

[Centurion2000]

This is a load of crap considering that this is a report on all crime .... let's take a look at murder rates

TEN WORST LARGE CITIES FOR MURDER, 2002

CITY PER 100,000
(1) Washington, DC 45.8
(2) Detroit 42.0
(3) Baltimore 38.3
(4) Memphis 24.7
(5) Chicago 22.2
(6) Philadelphia 19.0
(7) Columbus 18.1
(8) Milwaukee 18.0
(9) Los Angeles 17.5
(10) Dallas 15.8

TEN SAFEST LARGE CITIES FOR MURDER, 2002

CITY PER 100,000

(1) Honolulu 2.0
(2) El Paso 2.4
(3) San Jose 3.1
(4) Austin 3.7
(5) San Diego 3.8
(6) Portland 3.9
(7) Seattle 4.5
(8) New York 7.3
(9) San Francisco 7.3
(10) Oklahoma City 8.5

[Centurion2000]

Interesting link on crime in US cities.

City ratings

[Dysart]

"Error 404: NOT FOUND!"

I tried to pull the page up in IE and Firefox with no luck. Is your previous post from this site?

[FreedomCalls]

Dallas most dangerous big city, FBI says

Sheesh. Even the headline is a lie!

From the very FBI site linked in the article:

Why doesn’t the FBI rank cities' crime levels?

[GATOR NAVY]

Hey Detroit bashers - we didn't even make the top 10!

The article is rating the crime rates of the top ten cities in population. Detroit is number 11, so it is not listed here.

Rest assured though, if this was a list of the ten most dangerous cities, Detroit would be right up there!

[Centurion2000]

Try this page

http://www.cityrating.com/

[Xenalyte]

Laura Miller, worst mayor ever. She makes me long for Ron Kirk.

And now, DFWGator presents today's installment of "Things I Never Thought I'd Say." ;)

[Xenalyte]

If Dallas is rife with jaywalkers who cares?

Drivers.

[Dysart]

Thanks for the new link; one glaring omission from the posted article is the lack of detail and their methodologies for the the study.

I suspect this report was intended for the casual audience who may not be overly concerned with analysis(or lack thereof).

[Centurion2000]

Laura Miller, worst mayor ever. She makes me long for Ron Kirk.

You know your mayor is bad when she makes you long for a racist nutjob former mayor.

[PAR35]

Katrina, the gift that keeps giving.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I guess I feel a little better living where I do. There are benefits to living in a poor state in that most folks don't have a whole lot worth killing over unless you want your neighbor's trailer : )