BF2S Forums Safest & most dangerous cities in the USA - 2006

AlbertWesker[RE] wrote:

The_Shipbuilder wrote:

13th annual report from Morgan Quitno Press

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9674/safestjp5.png

And look how NY on the second list on the left is number 4 for safest, all in part due to Giuliani's tough crime laws.  Republican laws FTW. 

But anyways not to make this partisan, ummm care to explain why you are posting this Ship? No comments?

Want to know why those cities are dangerous? St. Louis and Detroit, Compton, its not because of Guns, its not because of knives, its because of gangs and drugs.  Their association with firearms and illegal trades is of no consequence, gangs = crime. 

But I digress, what is your point?

It was not a loaded post. Just something that we all look at and interpret using our own tendencies and worldviews. Personally I have no important opinions on it, other than a bit of upper-midwest pride.

It seemed to be an interesting point of discussion that was not immediately partisan at first blush. However it took one post for it to become so. Ah well - such is discourse circa 2006 in the "united" state known as the United States.

The_Shipbuilder wrote:

It was not a loaded post. Just something that we all look at and interpret using our own tendencies and worldviews. Personally I have no important opinions on it, other than a bit of upper-midwest pride.

It seemed to be an interesting point of discussion that was not immediately partisan at first blush. However it took one post for it to become so. Ah well - such is discourse circa 2006 in the "united" state known as the United States.

Please tell me where in my post I said it was loaded......

I agree it was something to look at, I was just expecting more of an opinion from you.  that is all.  I said lets NOT make it partisan, i was JOKING, omg.  Calm down.

Results of a similar sort of study from 2003:

Personal safety rankings in top 50 cities –
Mercer’s Quality of Life Survey 2003 (New York =100)

1 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg 133.5
2 BERN Switzerland 126.5
2 GENEVA Switzerland 126.5
2 HELSINKI Finland 126.5
2 SINGAPORE Singapore 126.5
2 ZURICH Switzerland 126.5
7 KATSUYAMA Japan 122
7 KOBE Japan 122
7 NAGOYA Japan 122
7 OMUTA Japan 122
7 OSAKA Japan 122
7 TOKYO Japan 122
7 TSUKUBA Japan 122
7 YOKKAICHI Japan 122
7 YOKOHAMA Japan 122
16 VIENNA Austria 120
17 STOCKHOLM Sweden 119.5
18 COPENHAGEN Denmark 115
18 DUBLIN Ireland 115
18 DÜSSELDORF Germany 115
18 FRANKFURT Germany 115
18 MUNICH Germany 115
18 NURNBERG Germany 115
18 OSLO Norway 115
25 AMSTERDAM Netherlands 113.5
25 AUCKLAND New Zealand 113.5
25 CALGARY Canada 113.5
25 MONTREAL Canada 113.5
25 OTTAWA Canada 113.5
25 PERTH Australia 113.5
25 TORONTO Canada 113.5
25 VANCOUVER Canada 113.5
25 WELLINGTON New Zealand 113.5
34 GLASGOW United Kingdom 113
34 PAPEETE French Polynesia 113
36 BRUSSELS Belgium 111.5
36 MELBOURNE Australia 111.5
36 SYDNEY Australia 111.5
39 BERLIN Germany 108
40 BARCELONA Spain 106.5
40 BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 106.5
40 HONG KONG China 106.5
40 HONOLULU USA 106.5
40 HOUSTON USA 106.5
40 LEXINGTON USA 106.5
40 LIMASSOL Cyprus 106.5
40 MADRID Spain 106.5
40 PORT LOUIS Mauritius 106.5
40 SAN FRANCISCO USA 106.5
40 TAIPEI Taiwan 106.5
40 WINSTON-SALEM USA 106.5
52 HAMBURG Germany 106
52 LEIPZIG Germany 106

Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting, 2003
Note: Mercer ranks only those cities where clients have asked for data, not
necessarily all major cities in the world.

Hmm...my hometown is the 25th safest, but my current location is the 25th most dangerous.

EDIT: There's no way Coral Springs is the 10th Safest....it should definately be on the top 25 most dangerous.

Last edited by Fancy_Pollux (2006-10-30 12:02:44)

Go New Jersey with the Democratic laws ftw.. Whoo hooo... haha and Camden feel down from first to fifth, and they are dumping a ton of money into Newark..

apollo_fi wrote:

Results of a similar sort of study from 2003:

Personal safety rankings in top 50 cities –
Mercer’s Quality of Life Survey 2003 (New York =100)

1 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg 133.5
2 BERN Switzerland 126.5
2 GENEVA Switzerland 126.5
2 HELSINKI Finland 126.5
2 SINGAPORE Singapore 126.5
2 ZURICH Switzerland 126.5
7 KATSUYAMA Japan 122
7 KOBE Japan 122
7 NAGOYA Japan 122
7 OMUTA Japan 122
7 OSAKA Japan 122
7 TOKYO Japan 122
7 TSUKUBA Japan 122
7 YOKKAICHI Japan 122
7 YOKOHAMA Japan 122
16 VIENNA Austria 120
17 STOCKHOLM Sweden 119.5
18 COPENHAGEN Denmark 115
18 DUBLIN Ireland 115
18 DÜSSELDORF Germany 115
18 FRANKFURT Germany 115
18 MUNICH Germany 115
18 NURNBERG Germany 115
18 OSLO Norway 115
25 AMSTERDAM Netherlands 113.5
25 AUCKLAND New Zealand 113.5
25 CALGARY Canada 113.5
25 MONTREAL Canada 113.5
25 OTTAWA Canada 113.5
25 PERTH Australia 113.5
25 TORONTO Canada 113.5
25 VANCOUVER Canada 113.5
25 WELLINGTON New Zealand 113.5
34 GLASGOW United Kingdom 113
34 PAPEETE French Polynesia 113
36 BRUSSELS Belgium 111.5
36 MELBOURNE Australia 111.5
36 SYDNEY Australia 111.5
39 BERLIN Germany 108
40 BARCELONA Spain 106.5
40 BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 106.5
40 HONG KONG China 106.5
40 HONOLULU USA 106.5
40 HOUSTON USA 106.5
40 LEXINGTON USA 106.5
40 LIMASSOL Cyprus 106.5
40 MADRID Spain 106.5
40 PORT LOUIS Mauritius 106.5
40 SAN FRANCISCO USA 106.5
40 TAIPEI Taiwan 106.5
40 WINSTON-SALEM USA 106.5
52 HAMBURG Germany 106
52 LEIPZIG Germany 106

Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting, 2003
Note: Mercer ranks only those cities where clients have asked for data, not
necessarily all major cities in the world.

Horseshit. Glasgow in 34th place?????? Give me a break! The city where misery was invented!

NY is #4 in its catagory! w00t!

lol Washington's #19. Luckily for me, it's mostly in Southeast, which I'm a good ways away from.

wow seattle did not rate anywhere yet yakama was a dangerous place, wonder if that is due to state pen?

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Locate Washington D.C. on that list. lol

Last summer I went to Washington, D.C. for an academic conference (first time there btw, nice city) and while having lunch in Chinatown, some random guy just walked up to me in the restaurant and offered me drugs.

It was kind of amusing.

apollo_fi wrote:

Results of a similar sort of study from 2003:

Personal safety rankings in top 50 cities –
Mercer’s Quality of Life Survey 2003 (New York =100)

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Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting, 2003
Note: Mercer ranks only those cities where clients have asked for data, not
necessarily all major cities in the world.

This poll is to generic to tell anyone facts.  There are a lot of Lexingtons in the USA, I know of two off the top of my head (Lexington, KY and Lexington, MA).  Here is a list that Wikipedia has just for the cities in the US named Lexington.

Lexington, Kentucky (the largest city of this name in the U.S.)
Lexington, Alabama
Lexington, Georgia
Lexington, Illinois
Lexington, Indiana
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington, Michigan
Lexington, Minnesota
Lexington, Mississippi
Lexington, Missouri
Lexington, Nebraska
Lexington, New York
Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington, Ohio
Lexington, Oklahoma
Lexington, South Carolina
Lexington, Tennessee
Lexington, Texas
Lexington, Virginia
Lexington Park, Maryland


Does anyone think that it is funny that the two cities that played in the World Series this year are ranked one and two most dangerous cities in the US?

I go through Compton on a regular basis, There are some kick ass little hole in the wall taco joints.
My favorite lunch; 2 Negro Modellas, carnitas plate and salso that makes you sweat, oh  and a book.