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It seems like every topic about the south on here, you are a featured poster, even though you live in Denver. Everything you say about the south is based on your politics.
I think it upset you and other people on here that I said I think SC is seen as cool by a significant number of people. You def. got contentious about it. YOu seem to think everybody views the world through your political filter.
YOu just called me stubborn and a 'proud' southerner although nothing I said had anything to do with me being from the south. You are clearly disgruntled about the south. It is surprising to me a person in Denver is thinking about the south at all. What does it have to do with you...
I'm flattered that you think I'm a featured poster, but I look at myself as a regular Joe on the board. Also, you seem to think I'm a liberal. I'm not.
Being proud is a good thing.
And I can tell you're triggered, for that I apologize. I never meant to offend. Cyberhug?
Doesn't more criminals make it less safe? How does having more people in general change that?
More criminals in terms of raw numbers but there are also far more potentials victims...those additional criminals aren't all focusing on you. The crime rate tells you the likelihood, based on actual data, of a given individual becoming a victim if crime in a given year.
The crime rate tells you the likelihood, based on actual data, of a given individual becoming a victim if crime in a given year.
The per capita statistic isn't a probability of being a victim of a crime. It is simply the total number of crimes divided by the total number of residents in the metro or state.
The per capita statistic isn't a probability of being a victim of a crime. It is simply the total number of crimes divided by the total number of residents in the metro or state.
Which gives you the probability of being a victim of a crime. If there are 22 murders per one hundred thousand people per year that is your probability of becoming a murder victim. Of course the total crime rate may be skewed by a single victim of many crimes...i.e. Wal-Mart and shoplifting...but the rates for violent crimes in particular do give you a really good picture of your likelihood of becoming a victim of such a crime.
It isn't a probability of being a victim of a crime.
Yes, it is...at least for mist violent crimes. If there are 22 murders per hundred thousand people per year in a city....then your likelihood of being a murder victim is one out of one hundred thousand divided by 22.
As I said the rate for property crimes is skewed by the fact that a small number of victims... department stores and shoplifting, for instance..are the victims of a large number of the crimes.
But...for violent crimes in particular it gives you a pretty accurate view of your likelihood of falling victim to that particular crime.
Most people who move to the south have a job lined up prior to moving, unless they are retired.
The fact the south is seeing a population boom is evidence that the jobs in the south pay well.
If you're white collar, maybe. Not blue collar. My current hourly wage in the same type of job would probably be at least 2-3 dollars less per hour in the southeast. Maybe it'd be the same in DFW or Austin but housing costs tho.
Cheaper housing is a bigger factor, and even then it's not that cheap with the exception of a few metros. When you factor in utilities it can be worse. For the flak I give Philly and Pittsburgh you don't have to struggle to find a studio apartment for $600, even in the burbs. Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Dallas, you'd be lucky to find one for that amount that's not in the hood.
Ok. I understand the cost of living in lower in the south than other areas but that doesn't mean the salaries are not competitive. Salaries are inflated in some areas due to the high cost of living.
Ok. I understand the cost of living in lower in the south than other areas but that doesn't mean the salaries are not competitive. Salaries are inflated in some areas due to the high cost of living.
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