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I voted chicago because in an area that covers the same size as
philadelphia in square miles covering the south and west sides there are more homicides in chicago then philadelphia
Land size is always understated when speaking about crime. More people should focus on it which is why I like this post
Well they're all going to have good and bad areas. There's around 1/3 of Chicago's residential areas that most people avoid (I do). The other 2/3 of the city is quite safe.
Hard to do a blanket poll over an entire city.
And this is different from Philadelphia how?
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Over all I would say philadelphia.. although 95 percent of chicagos homicides are concentrated on the cities south and west sides. so just going by specific areas chicagos southside I would say especially the englewood neighborhood is the the most dangerous of any neighborhood in the top ten largest cities and probably the country...
Andddddd 95% of the murders in Philadelphia are concentrated in North and West Philadelphia... again, this is different from Philadelphia how?
In fact, when removing North Philadelphia, the rest of the city has a homicide rate of 7.0 per 100,000.
I've been to every city on the list with the exception of SJ and felt safe in each. Perhaps I just have good street smarts?
Sometimes I think many of the posters on CD are a bunch of scaredy-cats. I mean honestly: "Where just by walking down the street you'll feel like you're about to get mugged?"
Lol I agree. I can't really say I've felt unsafe in any American city.
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Actually, (the 3-4 relentless, irrational Houston boosters on this site will hate this) if you want to list the top ten largest cities (by CSA, which makes the most sense to most) in order, it goes like this:
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington-Baltimore
5. Boston
6. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
7. Dallas-Fort Worth
8. Philadelphia
9. Houston
10. Atlanta
Actually, (the 3-4 relentless, irrational Houston boosters on this site will hate this) if you want to list the top ten largest cities (by CSA, which makes the most sense to most) in order, it goes like this:
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington-Baltimore
5. Boston
6. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
7. Dallas-Fort Worth
8. Philadelphia
9. Houston
10. Atlanta
By doing that, Baltimore becomes the 4th largest metro in the country, Seeing as how it's largest city in the Baltimore-Washington area.
No, it is part of the fourth largest urban area in the country. And so what? It does not mean that Washington DC is a suburb of Baltimore.
Why is this concept so difficult for people to understand? It's about people who live in an area, not imaginary boundaries.
People that live here fully understand it. It's the people that don't live here that have problems grasping the concept of two separate metros truncating each other.
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