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I think for a city the size of Mobile it is about on target. I have lived here since 1999 and have never had a problem. The city of Mobile has it's share of areas just like any other metro's.
Now with that said, what makes Mobile ugly other than the crime you mention?
Actually it's not. It ranks higher than the national average in several categories for starters. Such as: Murder, Rape, Robbery, Burglary, Property Crime, and Theft Moderator cut: linking to competitors sites is not allowed
St. Paul, MN is a larger city than Mobile, yet their rankings are identical.
Crime Rates St. Paul, Minnesota Mobile, Alabama United States
Violent Crime 7 7 3
Property Crime 7 7 3
The crime indices range 1-10. A higher number corresponds with more crime. Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
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This is 4 years old: http://www.morganquitno.com/cit04r.pdf
Mobile Ranks 75th ahead of Boston, Long Beach, CA, Tampa, Charlotte, Ft. Worth, New York City.
I guess Orlando has changed a lot. I haven't been there since the early 1990's. At the time I thought it would be a nice place to live,but it doesn't sound so nice now!
As fun as Los Angeles can be, it is an ugly run-down dump. What people don't know is that 80% of Los Angeles is just miles and miles complete uglieness. Of course there are some nice areas, but the hideous places far outnumber the nicer ones. Let's not forget that smog makes it even worse!!!
LA sure is different from what you see on TV.
ABQ, New Mexico also gets my vote.
Last edited by Materialism; 02-15-2008 at 02:10 AM..
Actually it's not. It ranks higher than the national average in several categories for starters. Such as: Murder, Rape, Robbery, Burglary, Property Crime, and Theft Moderator cut: linking to competitors sites is not allowed
St. Paul, MN is a larger city than Mobile, yet their rankings are identical.
Crime Rates St. Paul, Minnesota Mobile, Alabama United States
Violent Crime 7 7 3
Property Crime 7 7 3
The crime indices range 1-10. A higher number corresponds with more crime. Our crime rates are based on FBI data.Moderator cut: linking to competitors sites is not allowed
This is 4 years old: http://www.morganquitno.com/cit04r.pdf
Mobile Ranks 75th ahead of Boston, Long Beach, CA, Tampa, Charlotte, Ft. Worth, New York City.
I guess Orlando has changed a lot. I haven't been there since the early 1990's. At the time I thought it would be a nice place to live,but it doesn't sound so nice now!
Is horrible. The crime is sky high and strip malls everywhere.
last time we were there was 2000, and it was one of the ugliest cities. Dirty and overcrowded. Traffic everywhere. May as well move to NYC without any culture or museums, just Targets.
I wonder how many people here have even been to places they are bashing or if they are just bashing based on the stereotype of the individual places. I find everywhere has its own beauty. I don't much care for the great plains region, but there are some nice cities there.
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