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You forgot to bold Maryland and Delaware, both technically Southern states. Missouri is a mixed bag, leaving only Michigan as the truly Northern state on the top 10 list.
Here it is again, revised (red = South; blue = North; purple = both/neither):
1. Louisiana- 10.8 per 100,000
2. Mississippi- 7.4 per 100,000
3. Alabama- 7.1 per 100,000
4. Michigan- 7.0 per 100,000
5. South Carolina- 6.9 per 100,000
6. Missouri- 6.5 per 100,000
7. Maryland- 6.3 per 100,000
8. Delaware- 6.2 per 100,000
9. Tennessee- 6 per 100,000
10. tie. Georgia- 5.9 per 100,000
10. tie. Alabama- 5.9 per 100,000
1. Louisiana- 10.8 per 100,000
2. Mississippi- 7.4 per 100,000
3. Alabama- 7.1 per 100,000
4. Michigan- 7 per 100,000
5. South Carolina- 6.9 per 100,000
6. Missouri- 6.5 per 100,000
7. Maryland- 6.3 per 100,000
8. Delaware- 6.2 per 100,000
9. Tennessee- 6 per 100,000
10. tie. Georgia- 5.9 per 100,000
10. tie. Alabama- 5.9 per 100,000
I honestly do not know why NY is even on this list. It actually is a pretty safe state outside of certain urban neighborhoods. To put this into perspective, about 75-80% of those incarcerated in NY State prisons come from 7 NYC neighborhoods/areas: Gov. Cuomo Announces State Funding for College Education in Prison*|*Anthony Papa
This isn't to say that there isn't any crime, but I think that people form an idea of crime in the state based upon what NYC was like decades ago.
This is a silly debate and I did not bother voting. There is no such thing as a dangerous "state." There are dangerous streets, neighborhoods, towns, etc. Crossing a state border does not change your "danger level" anywhere in the U.S. When I travel from Michigan to Indiana I do not instantly become more or less safe. I am embarrassed at the amount of time I have already spent on this pointless topic.
A vast majority of Michigan's crime is in areas with around 8% of the state's population and is centered on the city of Detroit and the city of Flint. The rest of it I've found be be very nice, beautiful and very safe.
This is city-data, a good amount of poll results are. This is coming from a guy that wouldn't defend most places Georgia 6 out of 7 days but it's absurd that it's losing out to the like of Califronia, Texas, Florida when it has a much lower percentage of violent crime than all 3; and say you even want to make it about total of total # of violent crimes (which makes no sense) it murders them worse in that regard, pun intended.
If people actually want the real info on this kind of stuff I suggest they look up real data instead of relying on poll results here.
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