Why is San Jose so Safe (relatively speaking)?

[cardinal2007]

Originally Posted by Nicegurl

Socioeconomic status needs to be taken into consideration: the lower the socioeconomic status of any group of people will impact the crime rate. Middle class and upper middle class African-Americans and Latinos are not the ones who are committing the crimes; it's primarily the ones who belong to a lower socioeconomic status.

I may be wrong in this, but it seems that San Jose is one of the most diverse economically speaking, but at the same time has a large middle class that feels missing in a lot of the Bay Area, especially San Francisco, it doesn't have the same extreme poverty and extreme wealth, but it has a middle class. I think the fact that it is not extreme poverty surrounded by extreme wealth helps, I suppose there could be areas like that in San Jose though, but by in large it doesn't have the wealth of San Francisco, just a few upscale areas around more middle class areas, and then some lower middle class areas, at least that is how it seems, I honestly have had few reasons to head to the eastern or southern parts of San Jose, and the traffic seems bad.

But anyway that's just my theory.

[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by cardinal2007

I may be wrong in this, but it seems that San Jose is one of the most diverse economically speaking, but at the same time has a large middle class that feels missing in a lot of the Bay Area, especially San Francisco, it doesn't have the same extreme poverty and extreme wealth, but it has a middle class. I think the fact that it is not extreme poverty surrounded by extreme wealth helps, I suppose there could be areas like that in San Jose though, but by in large it doesn't have the wealth of San Francisco, just a few upscale areas around more middle class areas, and then some lower middle class areas, at least that is how it seems, I honestly have had few reasons to head to the eastern or southern parts of San Jose, and the traffic seems bad.

But anyway that's just my theory.

There is both extreme wealth and extreme poverty in San Jose in abundance. Luxurious downtown penthouses that look over St. James Park and all the crackheads. Valley Christian High, right up the hill from one of the most rundown parts of South San Jose. Newly built monstrosities on streets like Clarendon next door to ratty and crowded apartments. Folks crossing the Almaden Expressway on foot from Willow Glen to visit the food bank. New condos on Communications Hill that have a view of a sea of mobile homes. I see it everywhere..