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I always hear mixed reviews on these areas. Some people say they are horrible, some say they are mixed good and bad, and some say they are not really dangerous at all. Are any of them not as bad as some people make them out to be? Out of them all (JC,Elizabeth,Paterson,Irvington,Linden,and Union City) which is the best?
I wouldn't lump all of those places into the same category. Every city has good and bad parts (ok, maybe not Irvington). Linden belongs nowhere on that list.
So here are incidents of violent crime per 1,000 people in select cities for some context
Irvington - 24.6
Wash, DC - 15.7
Philadelphia - 13.8
Boston - 12.2
Jersey City - 12.1
Newark - 9.8
Patterson - 8.2
NYC - 7.3
Elizabeth - 6.1
Union City - 4.9
Maplewood - 3.5
Hoboken - 3.5
Montclair - 3.2
Linden - 2.7
I wouldn't lump all of those places into the same category. Every city has good and bad parts (ok, maybe not Irvington). Linden belongs nowhere on that list.
So here are incidents of violent crime per 1,000 people in select cities for some context
Irvington - 24.6
Wash, DC - 15.7
Philadelphia - 13.8
Boston - 12.2
Jersey City - 12.1
Newark - 9.8
Patterson - 8.2
NYC - 7.3
Elizabeth - 6.1
Union City - 4.9
Maplewood - 3.5
Hoboken - 3.5
Montclair - 3.2
Linden - 2.7
I wouldn't lump all of those places into the same category. Every city has good and bad parts (ok, maybe not Irvington). Linden belongs nowhere on that list.
So here are incidents of violent crime per 1,000 people in select cities for some context
Irvington - 24.6
Wash, DC - 15.7
Philadelphia - 13.8
Boston - 12.2
Jersey City - 12.1
Newark - 9.8
Patterson - 8.2
NYC - 7.3
Elizabeth - 6.1
Union City - 4.9
Maplewood - 3.5
Hoboken - 3.5
Montclair - 3.2
Linden - 2.7
Going by this list why is Union City talked so bad about?
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