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Old 03-09-2018, 07:48 AM
Status: "Made the Retirement Run in under 12 parsecs!!!" (set 22 days ago)
 
Location: Cary, NC
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There's plenty of cops.
That is one reason Cary is so safe.
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Mike, I'm sure the cops are good. However, I'll have to slightly disagree with you there. 95% of crime (good or bad) boils down to demographics, especially median income and employment #'s.

Cary has a high median income with a very low unemployment rate. It's no magic. Same for Apex, Holly Springs, Wake Forest, etc.
Notice I said "...one reason...." in response to the call for more cops.
We don't need more cops.
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Old 03-09-2018, 08:00 AM
 
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Point taken. That certainly makes things confusing when it comes to those "safest towns in the US" lists.
Definitely. And using my earlier example, Town of Hempstead in NY covers literally every demographic you could think of from flophouses to multi-million dollar mansions and waterfront properties.

I would be curious to see the breakdown of Cary by patrol sector.
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Old 03-09-2018, 08:18 AM
 
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Twitching. Exhibit A.
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Old 03-09-2018, 08:46 AM
 
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Another one in MacArthur Park and one in the Battery (across from St. Michaels) ... apparently Morrisville is having burglaries with same pattern...I know someone on the street in MacArthur Park (short cul de sac) hope it wasn't them.
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Old 03-09-2018, 08:49 AM
 
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We don't need more cops.
How do you know? Can I play the anecdote card?
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Old 03-09-2018, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Apex, NC
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Notice I said "...one reason...." in response to the call for more cops.
We don't need more cops.
In my defense, I was only about 1/4th the way done with my morning coffee.
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Old 03-09-2018, 09:07 AM
 
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So buy more guns/bullets and stock up on prepper gear? ..... maybe buy gold?
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Old 03-09-2018, 09:18 AM
Status: "Made the Retirement Run in under 12 parsecs!!!" (set 22 days ago)
 
Location: Cary, NC
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In my defense, I was only about 1/4th the way done with my morning coffee.

I will call off the Cary SWAT Team.
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Old 03-09-2018, 09:19 AM
Status: "Made the Retirement Run in under 12 parsecs!!!" (set 22 days ago)
 
Location: Cary, NC
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How do you know? Can I play the anecdote card?
Welll... there ARE 52 of them in your deck, right?

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Old 03-09-2018, 09:29 AM
 
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Here is a list of 4 suburbs within 10-15 minutes of Boston, all bordering each other:

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...achusetts.html
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...achusetts.html
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...achusetts.html
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...achusetts.html

These towns, demographics-wise, are probably pretty similar to Cary when all combined together.
Not really.

I think you are really cherry picking some small towns. Take Winchester. It has an median home price of over $800K (Cary around $350K), median household income of over $200K (Cary around $110K). And as homogenous as Cary can be, it does have ~8% Black and 8% Hispanic/Latino. Winchester has 0.1% Black population and less than 2% Hispanic/Latino.

Also, I think you'd find the average commute time from those towns to be closer to 30 minutes.

Cary has a much lower crime rate than the national average. Of course there are going to be much smaller towns that you can find that are much lower, but it is generally a pretty safe place to raise a family.
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