Which Feels Most Dangerous? LA vs Dallas vs Houston (compared, population, people)
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You see, this is where it gets sticky. Compton is a bedroom community of Los Angeles County, but yes, "technically" it is its own city.
That's like saying Oakcliff isn't part of Dallas.
No, it's not. Oak Cliff is a neighborhood of Dallas. Compton is a separate municipality. The northeastern corner of Oak Cliff is immediately adjacent to downtown Dallas. At its closest point, Compton is over 8 miles from downtown Los Angeles. No part of Compton borders any part of Los Angeles (Willowbrook is in between).
No, it's not. Oak Cliff is a neighborhood of Dallas. Compton is a separate municipality. The northeastern corner of Oak Cliff is immediately adjacent to downtown Dallas. At its closest point, Compton is over 8 miles from downtown Los Angeles. No part of Compton borders any part of Los Angeles (Willowbrook is in between).
Oak Cliff used to be its own town separate from Dallas. It was incorporated into the City of Dallas in 1903.
Los Angeles County covers 4,752 square miles.
Dallas County covers 908 square miles.
Fair comparison as both are considered bedroom communities, not suburbs of their main city. Your last sentence is misleading. Sure Compton doesn't touch Los Angeles, but it is close enough to throw a rock & hit from Mona Park. LA extends all the way south to & touches Long Beach.
Last edited by Metro Matt; 08-26-2013 at 05:31 PM..
You see, this is where it gets sticky. Compton is a bedroom community of Los Angeles County, but yes, "technically" it is its own city.
That's like saying Oakcliff isn't part of Dallas.
Oak Cliff is a neighborhood in Dallas.
Compton is not a neighborhood in Los Angeles.
That's the difference whether you admit or not.
All of Oak Cliff isn't bad either. North Oak Cliff is a pretty decent area. I would say Oak Cliff isn't even the worse neighborhood in Dallas. That honor probably belongs to Pleseant Grove in SE Dallas.
All three cities are not even close to what they were 20 years ago. Both have made great strides. LA probably has made the greatest strides out of the three. Houston and Dallas are still relatively safe cities though.
Oak Cliff is a neighborhood in Dallas.
Compton is not a neighborhood in Los Angeles.
That's the difference whether you admit or not.
All of Oak Cliff isn't bad either. North Oak Cliff is a pretty decent area. I would say Oak Cliff isn't even the worse neighborhood in Dallas. That honor probably belongs to Pleseant Grove in SE Dallas.
Perhaps I should have used PG as a better comparison.
Oak Cliff used to be its own town separate from Dallas. It was incorporated into the City of Dallas in 1903.
Los Angeles County covers 4,752 square miles.
Dallas County covers 908 square miles.
Fair comparison as both are considered bedroom communities, not suburbs of their main city. Your last sentence is misleading. Sure Compton doesn't touch Los Angeles, but it is close enough to throw a rock & hit from Mona Park. LA extends all the way south to & touches Long Beach.
Compton is a working class city all of its own (and it is a suburb in every meaning of the word), completely separated from Los Angeles. I don't see how Oak Cliff all that analogous to Compton, other than both being primarily residential areas. Either way, Compton is not a part of Los Angeles in the way separate cities like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, even East LA are. It's just another Gateway City.
LA, no matter what the stats say, is always an explosive situation just waiting to blow... And you can feel it
All stats aside, LA definitely is going to "FEEL" more dangerous because of people's natural preconceived notions of LA. Same with NYC. NYC actually isn't very dangerous, but mention Brownsville, Bushwick, Flatbush, Harlem, East NY and Bed-Stuy to people and they almost shiver and thing NY is just SOOOO dangerous. But NY stats don't hold up to more dangerous cities like Philly, Baltimore and St. Louis at all...
Same thing happens with LA. You can throw out all the stats on how much more dangerous Houston & Dallas are all day, it won't make people feel any more safer in LA. They already have it engraved in their minds that LA is just a place you don't wanna play around with... And rightfully so.
Personally, I think, no matter what you say about stats, LA IS still more "Dangerous" anyway for 2 reasons...
1. LA IS the core for many gangs that are national. So, no matter if any other city has MORE gangs in it, still several of those gangs are being run by someone on the yard in Cali, someone IN LA or someone that got deported from LA. That creates an endlessly explosive situation BECAUSE whenever tides start to change and people start to gun at the tops of the gang structures, business might end up being handled in LA's streets.
2. Though LA has thousands of street gangs, a lot of them aren't "at war" right now... Yes, MS-13 & 18th St. are at war, but believe it or not, Bloods & Crips are not "at war" right now... 1 set having beef with another set isn't war... War was what was happening between Cs & Bs in the 80s, but they came to a "truce" in the early 90s & it still stands... The moment that truce is broken and it's war again, STAY FAR AWAY FROM LA.......
One more thing about LA's feel...... LA's street can be pretty crowded. Houston & Dallas can feel crowded as well, but LA's street scene traffic is on a different level. With such a wide variety of characters in a large crowd on the streets can easily make a person feel like there's the possibility of danger everywhere.
^So perceptions and outdated stereotypes are more important than actual hard facts?
The displays of logic found in these forums astounds me...
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