Posted on 10/10/2012 8:54:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Earlier, this year, a Mexican think tank the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice released a study ranking the world's most violent cities in 2011, and the results were astonishing.
The 20 most violent cities were all in Latin America. The USA had some alarming scores too, led by New Orleans at 21.
Other dangerous cities were located in Africa. None of the top 50 was in Europe or Asia, despite great unrest in those regions.
The ranking is based on murder rate per capita in 2011.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Get a load of this...
* Detroit is more dangerous than Mosul, Iraq
* San Juan, Puerto Rico is more dangerous than Detroit
* New Orleans is the top American city on the list
Very sad about Monterrey, Mexico. I understand that was a beautiful place at one time.
Hey, those cities are where I have for years been going for vacation! NOTHING HAPPENS!
My safety in thiose dangerous places is directly related to the fact that I lost ALL of my semi auto pistols overboard during a hunting trip on Lake Champlain.
As one poster at BI said:
Note to self — avoid Brazil and Mexico.
To which I respond -— if you have free tickets to the 2016 Olympics, can I use it instead?
I’ve been to San Juan but stayed in the Old City, which was perfectly safe. And I felt safer in Tel Aviv than I did in my own living room!
I’m kind of surprised to see that Juarez is only #2. That’s a hell hole if there ever was one. I was stationed down at Fort Bliss for a while, back in the 60s, and we were warned NEVER to go over there for a drink.
Earlier, this year, a Mexican think tank...”
stopped reading right there
Rio and vicinity is the only part of Latin America I’ve ever visited and now that I’ve seen it (it’s a beautiful city) I’ll never again set foot anywhere in “Latin America”.Ditto South Africa.As for Detroit and St Louis...never again.
Washington DC belongs at the top of the list.
The idiots there are responsible for more death than all of the other cities combined.
Where’s D.C.? Specifically The Hill area. D.C. is proving itself to be the most dangerous city of all time.
Reading the comments, you get the idea that “official” murder rates are not particularly well kept in other parts of the world.
What if I just hang out on the beach in Brazil? You know and check out the, uh, condition of the sand?
I have to laugh everytime I hear a LATINO proclaiming their “FAMILY VALUES.”
The Permanent War Against Evil continues.
BTW it is remarkable how many multi-million cities there are that I never heard of and there are many more in China and India no doubt.
Heck . .you don’t have to go to Juarez to be a victim (http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_20015986).
Not only was city hall hit with bullets. . .my parents’ condo has also been hit from shots out of Juarez.
The only South American country I would consider going to is Chile.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.