Nassau/Suffolk ranked as the 7th safest areas to live in the US (Ridge: homes, high schools)

[Kbinspections]

Nassau/Suffolk is one of the safest places to live in the country.

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/most-secure-us-places.html;_ylc=X3oDMTFqdXFzZzQxBF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEX 3MDOTc2MjA0NjUEc2VjA2ZwLXRvZGF5BHNsawNtb3N0LXNlY3V yZQ

Large Metro Areas (500,000 or more residents)

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.
2. Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
3. Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, Md.
4. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif.
5. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-¬Ventura, Calif.
6. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.
7. Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y.
8. New Haven-Milford, Conn.
9. Lake County, Ill./Kenosha County, Wis.
10. Honolulu, Hawaii

[I have a voice]

We can thank favorable demographics, including a population in general that values education.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by I have a voice

We can thank favorable demographics, including a population in general that values education.

Totally.

Look at the economics of that list.

Hooray for the brutally high taxes.

crooks

[rocafeller05]

I see Bridgeport on that list. I always thought Bridgeport was a shady town. No?

[Crookhaven]

Fairfield county is big big big dollars.

Bridgeport has its poverty though.

crooks

[Jrprofess]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Fairfield county is big big big dollars.

Bridgeport has its poverty though.

crooks

Bridgeport is all poverty...Norwalk has south Norwalk and the public housing issues, and even Stamford has its tough areas. In those towns it is either a very wealthy or public assistance population...once you factor in Fairfield, Greenwich, Ridgefield, New Canaan, etc, though that metro area most certainly starts to play out as statistically very safe. Irony that it makes the safe list but you would not send your child to either of those three high schools if you had the choice.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by Jrprofess

Bridgeport is all poverty...Norwalk has south Norwalk and the public housing issues, and even Stamford has its tough areas. In those towns it is either a very wealthy or public assistance population...once you factor in Fairfield, Greenwich, Ridgefield, New Canaan, etc, though that metro area most certainly starts to play out as statistically very safe. Irony that it makes the safe list but you would not send your child to either of those three high schools if you had the choice.

I think they are talking about Fairfield County based on the way they broke out New Haven.

Who knows.

crooks

[nancy thereader]

I'll bet citydata.com
has a list of the most dangerous places also.

[Rachael84]

Bridgeport area being up there on the list? don't think so lol

[Elke Mariotti]

Originally Posted by rocafeller05

I see Bridgeport on that list. I always thought Bridgeport was a shady town. No?

It's lumped in with Stamford and Norwalk, so it gets a boost...

It does have quite a bit of poverty... but maybe poverty doesn't always equate with crime???