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Old 07-24-2021, 06:58 PM
 
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Perhaps you'll like City-Data's statistics better. Per City-Data, Mobile's 2018 crime index (latest available) was 453.1, almost double the national average of 270.6. Again, I strongly encourage the OP to do the research him/herself.
We were thinking about taking a summer vacation to the Mobile, gulf coast area and your post has pretty much put the kabosh on that!
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Old 07-24-2021, 07:42 PM
 
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We were thinking about taking a summer vacation to the Mobile, gulf coast area and your post has pretty much put the kabosh on that!
What does kabosh mean?
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Old 07-24-2021, 08:52 PM
 
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What does kabosh mean?
It’s a misspelling of kibosh which means they decided not to visit the “gulf coast area” because of crime statistics on this website. Of course, there is little nuance in using the stats only. Too bad for them!
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Old 07-24-2021, 08:58 PM
 
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It’s a misspelling of kibosh which means they decided not to visit the “gulf coast area” because of crime statistics on this website. Of course, there is little nuance in using the stats only. Too bad for them!
Really is nuance as 1. Mobile is actually among the safest major cities in South (check out the stats for our neighboring cities. 2. The data is outdated, crime has dropped 26% in the Since 2018 looking at MPD crime report
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Old 07-24-2021, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Mobile,Al(the city by the bay)
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It’s a misspelling of kibosh which means they decided not to visit the “gulf coast area” because of crime statistics on this website. Of course, there is little nuance in using the stats only. Too bad for them!

Smh sad.
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Old 07-24-2021, 09:09 PM
 
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It’s funny… here we have Carnival cruise lines starting Mobile cruises again in October. You’d think if we applied these same metrics and thought pattern, those ships wouldn’t continue sailing with the 108% occupancy that they did prior to the pandemic. But, they will!
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Old 07-24-2021, 09:22 PM
 
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We were thinking about taking a summer vacation to the Mobile, gulf coast area and your post has pretty much put the kabosh on that!
Wherever you are coming from probably has worse crime. Only thing that would keep me from the Gulf Coast/ Mobile is the large crowds. I’ll wait till after school starts.
If the reason is crime then don’t ever leave your house.
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Old 07-25-2021, 09:55 AM
 
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The first obligation of a city government is to protect its residents. Everything else is secondary. If it is unwilling or unable to do that, I have no interest in visiting or moving there. We're retired and can move anywhere. Why pick a place that has had uncontrolled crime for a long time.
Same goes for Detroit, Baltimore, Atlanta, St louis and some other major cities.
I live in a small NE town which has virtually never had a mugging, at least not in anyone's memory. If you live in a city that has serious crime, like Mobile, it is partially your fault, for letting the city government not do their job or maybe because you are too cheap to pay the necessary taxes to pay for enough police.
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Old 07-25-2021, 10:40 AM
 
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The first obligation of a city government is to protect its residents. Everything else is secondary. If it is unwilling or unable to do that, I have no interest in visiting or moving there. We're retired and can move anywhere. Why pick a place that has had uncontrolled crime for a long time.
Same goes for Detroit, Baltimore, Atlanta, St louis and some other major cities.
I live in a small NE town which has virtually never had a mugging, at least not in anyone's memory. If you live in a city that has serious crime, like Mobile, it is partially your fault, for letting the city government not do their job or maybe because you are too cheap to pay the necessary taxes to pay for enough police.
Major ignorance, sounds like you’ve never been in populations 200 or more. Everywhere has crime, every single city. We have towns around here where crime doesn’t even happen either. More police doesn’t necessarily solve anything. Birmingham is among the the highest in per Capita police (about 4 per 1000) but has the crime in the state. Where have you taken vacations?
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Old 07-25-2021, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Mobile,Al(the city by the bay)
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The first obligation of a city government is to protect its residents. Everything else is secondary. If it is unwilling or unable to do that, I have no interest in visiting or moving there. We're retired and can move anywhere. Why pick a place that has had uncontrolled crime for a long time.
Same goes for Detroit, Baltimore, Atlanta, St louis and some other major cities.
I live in a small NE town which has virtually never had a mugging, at least not in anyone's memory. If you live in a city that has serious crime, like Mobile, it is partially your fault, for letting the city government not do their job or maybe because you are too cheap to pay the necessary taxes to pay for enough police.

You live in some mirage of unicorns, purty skies (yes purty) , red roses and pink clouds.
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