[mowowie]

Ahh, Another Liberal Utopia Realized...

http://homes.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=2959&mxp=5&typ=5

[Steely Tom]

Detroit Declared Most Dangerous US City

Well, heck. I've got the answer to that.

Just get the Republicans out of city government.

No brainer.

[csn vinnie]

The critics totally miss the point — on purpose, of course. The study merely points out the facts. It is not concerned about why people commit all these crimes, only that the crimes are occurring.

That said, some people might weight the gravity of the various crimes differently, so there is room for debate.

[RightWhale]

More and more of these Most Dangerous City reports are being released. Seems like monthly now.

[Comstock1]

In other news “Water Declared Wet.”

[Gorzaloon]

The study excluded Chicago, Minneapolis, and other Illinois and Minnesota cities because of incomplete data.

The statistics gatherers were eaten, or were otherwise unaccounted for??

[denydenydeny]

“Pope declared Catholic.”

[Clintonfatigued]

More dangerous than New Orleans? That’s not what I read, although it’s of course in the Top Ten.

[Caesar Soze]

I don’t know about the other cities, but the rape rate in Detroit is almost certainly underreported in the uniform crime reports by an order of magnitude or more. At least, it was the last time I checked, when I compared my own suburb to the D.

[Congressman Billybob]

The leader of the Conference of Mayors is an obvious shill, and expected to defend the worst of the worse among Mayors and cities. The other guy who objects doesn't say that the results are false, but only that they are "harmful." What are his background and politics?

Comparative statistics are ALWAYS harmful to somebody. Comparison means that numbers will demonstrate who is best, who is worst, and how all those in between, are rated.

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[South40]

Detroit was pegged the nation's murder capital in the 1980s and has lost nearly 1 million people since 1950, according to the Census Bureau.

Living in Detroit means you may die young but you'll still get to vote after you're gone.

[FightThePower!]

What a dump!

[TruthWillWin]

Would be nice if the article included the complete list, it does not.

[SkyDancer]

Hmm - and here I was told it was New Orleans .....

[madison10]

How can you tarnish a tarnished image? Sorry, but what little remained of Detroit’s glorious past has been flushed completely. It’s Dresden, USA.

[Beagle8U]

“”You’re not comparing apples and oranges; you’re comparing watermelons and grapes,” said Rob Casey, who heads the FBI section that puts out the Uniform Crime Report”

I’m sure that will be classified as a racial slur.

[Cable225]

"These rough rankings provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime in a particular town, city, county, state, or region," the FBI said. "Consequently, they lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communities and their residents."

WTF???? Let's see if we can provide some insight then, how about this?

The cities at the top of the list are financial black holes, because no matter HOW MANY TAX DOLLARS are diverted into these hellholes the Democratic criminal enterprise that runs them steal most of it. I'd also be willing to bet that most of the city council in these cities is under indictment for some sort of bribery or fraud charges. BUT - they keep getting re-elected by a populace that's been convinced they are victims of the system and not responsible for their behavior.

There - that should clarify things for the FBI.

[theBuckwheat]

Lives would be spared right now if we would just withdraw from this quagmire.

[Drew68]

Personally, I think a ranking of “most dangerous neighborhoods” would be more practical as even “safe” cities have parts of town where you don’t want to find yourself alone at night.

[Xenophon450]

Where is Robocop when you need him...