Americans Rate Dallas & Boston as Safest of 16 U.S. Cities (living, Atlanta)

[18Montclair]

Interesting

https://news.gallup.com/poll/509801/...st-cities.aspx

[As Above So Below...]

With respect to these pollsters, safety isn't something you should get to rank. It can be shown which cities are safe and which are not. The data is all there.

[Ne999]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

With respect to these pollsters, safety isn't something you should get to rank. It can be shown which cities are safe and which are not. The data is all there.

True but this is based on which “feel” safe to visitors which is also relevant

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by Ne999

True but this is based on which “feel” safe to visitors which is also relevant

Not according to the article. Its all based on perception as a resident and visitor. Also, having visited the city was not a requirement for voting.

I suppose stuff like this does show out of touch Americans have let themselves become all because of the partisan media of their choice.

[AZLiam]

Any reason Phoenix is excluded from the list?

[Ne999]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Not according to the article. Its all based on perception as a resident and visitor. Also, having visited the city was not a requirement for voting.

I suppose stuff like this does show out of touch Americans have let themselves become all because of the partisan media of their choice.

Right perception of safety.
Which is honestly also relevant because if someone doesn’t “perceive” a city as safe they may be less inclined to visit

[BostonBornMassMade]

Of 16 large U.S. cities, Americans are most likely to consider Dallas and Boston as safe to live in or visit and are least likely to say Detroit and Chicago are safe.

In addition to the nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults who think Dallas (74%) and Boston (72%) are safe, majorities ranging from 52% to 63% rate nine other cities as safe. These include Seattle, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Along with Detroit (26%) and Chicago (27%), less than half of Americans say Philadelphia (47%), New York (41%) and Los Angeles (41%) are safe.

lol

in 2006 the top 3 were Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland. San Diego was omitted

[Joakim3]

Because 99% of people visiting these cities aren’t going to the sketchy/hood parts of town.

Visiting vs. living in a city are two very different things from a perception standpoint.

[Citykid3785]

I agree that most cities have a bad area that tends to be an area that most people have no business/desire hanging out in. To some extent, how "bad" that bad area is almost becomes irrelevant to 95% of the people. I saw this in Minneapolis and in Atlanta as well (2 metros I've lived in).

In a sense, I almost care more about how prevalent and widespread things like graffiti, vandalism, homelessness, etc. are ( as opposed to how many murders happen in the tiny bad area)

[mhays25]

Huge skew by political affiliation. The Seattle Times breaks it down.


https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...e-tops-nation/