Top 10 Worst Cities In The U.S.

stephanie00 · Post by **stephanie00** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:35 pm

Do you live in one??
According to the latest statistics......the top 10 most dangerous cities to live in are:
1. St. Louis, Missouri
2. Camden, New Jersey
3. Detroit, Michigan
4. Flint, Michigan
5. Oakland, California
6. Richmond, California
7. Cleveland, Ohio
8. Compton, California
9. Gary, Indiana
10. Birmingham, Alabama

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:11 pm

I refuse to believe St. Louis is worse than Detroit. It's Detroit for fucks sake!!!

RobertBlake · Post by **RobertBlake** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:09 pm

Latest statistics? By whom?

A source link would be nice.

Bustertheclown · Post by **Bustertheclown** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:28 pm

St. Louis is tops for crime this year. I just read about it the other day on Yahoo! News.

Here's a Reuters blurb: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101122/lf_ ... _stlouis_1

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:44 pm

Went to St Louis in May. Not sure it deserves inclusion on this list.

Some real cesspits on there.

Aerones · Post by **Aerones** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:28 pm

Ahaugen wrote:I refuse to believe St. Louis is worse than Detroit. It's Detroit for fucks sake!!!

Everyone's moved out of Detroit. There's no one left to assault.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:29 pm

Think the mayor actually said that the other day. Though he may have said "murder."

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:59 pm

Ahaugen wrote:I refuse to believe St. Louis is worse than Detroit. It's Detroit for fucks sake!!!

Ever see Robocop? The real Detroit is WORSE.

Mo · Post by Mo » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:23 am

Hahaha, funny how the no. 1 on the list is the ONE place in the US I've been to... ever...

Did you guys want to get rid of me or something??

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:48 pm

We all put our lives in our hands that weekend.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:41 am

I'm seriously surprised that Gary is so low on that list.

Mo wrote:Hahaha, funny how the no. 1 on the list is the ONE place in the US I've been to... ever...

Did you guys want to get rid of me or something??

so not true! The first place you ever visited in the US was the Newark airport! Which...okay, Newark is pretty awful. Nevermind.

Actually I'm surprised Saint Louis is even on there. Yeah it's got a lot of problems, but compared to Detroit?

Mo · Post by Mo » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:41 am

MixedMyth wrote:so not true! The first place you ever visited in the US was the Newark airport! Which...okay, Newark is pretty awful. Nevermind.

...thanks, I've tried to forget.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:03 am

There aren't many major cities that average non-American would know on there. We always think that it's New York, Chicago and Los Angeles that are dangerous. I mean, I've never seen a crime movie set in Camden, New Jersey or Compton, California.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:13 pm

Actually, New York is currently one of the best cities in the US as far as crime rate goes. They've really turned things around. However, the numbers have been manipulated somewhat. Apparently there's a huge scandal with NYPD officers trying to fullfill a 'quota' of minor crimes while ignoring some major ones. Nevertheless, it is loads better than it used to be.

LA is still kind of a hellhole, though.

Chicago...well, it has it's problems but you're not going to get instantly mugged or anything if you go there. It's got some great sights and museums, too. Just stay away from the southside.

Fading Aura · Post by **Fading Aura** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:03 pm

MixedMyth wrote:Actually I'm surprised Saint Louis is even on there. Yeah it's got a lot of problems, but compared to Detroit?

Keep in mind that the outlying suburbs and smaller towns around St. Louis (i.e. where the first few cookouts took place) aren't part of the city's statistical derivations. Long ago, the county divorced itself from the city (or vice versa depending on who you talk to). What you have is a report of the goings on in the city proper only. And, even though they weren't in the city limits, the Kolters have a number of, um, interesting stories about living in University City not far from the St. Louis city limits.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:14 pm

MixedMyth wrote: Chicago...well, it has it's problems but you're not going to get instantly mugged or anything if you go there. It's got some great sights and museums, too. Just stay away from the southside.

Oh no, but I have a tendency of... getting lost...

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:27 pm

MixedMyth wrote:I'm seriously surprised that Gary is so low on that list.

Well, top ten ain't bad. Erm, good, I mean. And look at the competition.

You in Chicago much, MM?

Chicago is a great city, McDuffies, but the places that are bad are among the worst in the country. Oakland, Camden, it's just all hell. (Though Gary and Compton are very close to Chicago and Los Angeles, respectively.)

That said, there have been three shootings outside of my L stop in the past week.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:34 pm

I'm having trouble comparing it to the state here. There are certainly parts of Belgrade I wouldn't like to be caught in after dark... then again I tended to walk home half-drunk from all kinds of hellholes, so there's a lot of luck, and stick-to-the-wide-avenues involved.
I tended to think that Belgrade was equally safe at any given time of the day, since some of more shocking crimes happened during daytime, and in rather unexpectedly public places.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:14 pm

Yeahduff wrote:
MixedMyth wrote:I'm seriously surprised that Gary is so low on that list.
Well, top ten ain't bad. Erm, good, I mean. And look at the competition.

You in Chicago much, MM?

Chicago is a great city, McDuffies, but the places that are bad are among the worst in the country. Oakland, Camden, it's just all hell. (Though Gary and Compton are very close to Chicago and Los Angeles, respectively.)

That said, there have been three shootings outside of my L stop in the past week.

Once in a while, but not very often.

Spaceprincess · Post by **Spaceprincess** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:30 am

Yeahduff wrote: Chicago is a great city, McDuffies, but the places that are bad are among the worst in the country. Oakland, Camden, it's just all hell. (Though Gary and Compton are very close to Chicago and Los Angeles, respectively.)

That said, there have been three shootings outside of my L stop in the past week.

Yeahduff lives in Shitcago? explains a lot. I don't much care for it or any part of Illinois.

oh and Compton was made infamous by N.W.A.'s 'Straight out of Compton' album.

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