Monday, November 19, 2007
Most Dangerous Cities
This week, it was announced that the most dangerous city in the USA is in fact Detroit, Michigan. To find out how dangerous a city is, officials take into account the crime rate, including how much homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and auto theft there is in that city over the year. Cities like Detroit, MI; St. Louis, MO; Flint, MI; Oakland, CA; Camden, NJ; Birmingham, AL; North Charleston, NC; Memphis, TN; Richmond, CA; and Cleveland OH were voted the most dangerous cities, because their crime rates were highest. Cities like Mission Viejo, CA; Clarkstown, NY; Brick Township, NJ; Amherst, NY; and Sugar Land, TX were voted safest.
Personally, I think people shouldn’t be wasting their time taking and putting out surveys for civilians to know what city is most dangerous, and which isn’t. As long as they do choose to though, I think that, instead, we should be working to improve the cities whose ranking on the danger scale was highest. Programs and committees could be set up for people to educate themselves on how to stay out of trouble, or how to defend themselves in an emergency. People need to know certain things that might seem to be common sense to some, but clearly isn’t to others.
Also, the survey only looks at 378 cities out of the whole USA, not every single one. A requirement of the cities is that they have to have at least 75, 000 living there. So you never know, there could be a more dangerous small city that is unrecognized because there aren’t enough people. This is, in a way, a prejudiced judging. Also, there are small towns that are way safer than whatever the number one safest is right now, because in very small towns, everybody knows each other, and they’re like a big family.
In general, safety is valued by the American household. It’s nice to know that you have neighbors watching out for you, your house won’t get broken into or your car stolen, your kids aren’t in any danger, or that you can go to the store or walk down the block without being kidnapped and raped. Everyone wants to feel safe. Why then, aren’t we doing anything to improve our safety?
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_re_us/dangerous_cities