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Old 07-08-2009, 10:12 AM
 
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Out of curiosity... Which ones?
Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Geneva. Actually,of the top safest large cities of the world, none of them are in the USA.
http://best-city-reviews.com/index.p...d-mercer-2008/
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Old 07-08-2009, 06:26 PM
 
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A GREAT article that finally gives much deserved attention to some "good news" for a change. Anybody who wrote off Minneapolis because of perceptions of high crime need to reconsider their decision and let the stats speak for themselves:

6 months in, and only 6 homicides in Minneapolis (http://www.startribune.com/local/49895387.html?elr=KArksCiUnP:E8c7PiUiD3aPc:_Yy c:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr - broken link)

That is great news for a change. According to City-Data.com, the MPLS crime index in 2007 was still over 2x the national average. See https://www.city-data.com/city/Minnea...Minnesota.html

Since the homicides are down 1/4 as compared to 2008, what about rapes, burglaries etc?? If only homicides are down, maybe it is a fluke. Let's hope not...
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Old 07-08-2009, 08:31 PM
 
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That is great news for a change. According to City-Data.com, the MPLS crime index in 2007 was still over 2x the national average. See https://www.city-data.com/city/Minnea...Minnesota.html

Since the homicides are down 1/4 as compared to 2008, what about rapes, burglaries etc?? If only homicides are down, maybe it is a fluke. Let's hope not...
There are only about 6 murders so far. If this trend continues, Minneapolis might have the nation's lowest murder rate.
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Old 07-08-2009, 08:45 PM
 
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That is great news for a change. According to City-Data.com, the MPLS crime index in 2007 was still over 2x the national average. See https://www.city-data.com/city/Minnea...Minnesota.html

Since the homicides are down 1/4 as compared to 2008, what about rapes, burglaries etc?? If only homicides are down, maybe it is a fluke. Let's hope not...
You say that like your surprised. Minneapolis is the center of a large, metropolitan area. It is inherently more dangerous than Vermont.
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Old 07-08-2009, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Southwest Suburbs
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Yeah. You tell 'em Saved. Minneapolis should have more crime like a "real American city" like Chicago. Chicago is way better at crime. Minneapolis can't do anything right.

2009 Homicides through June
Chicago - 202 (down 13% from 2008 but there's plenty of time left in 2009).
Minneapolis - 6 (you call that a city?!)

Chicago homicides map - Google Maps
>> RED DOTS=January
>> BLUE DOTS=February
>> GREEN DOTS=March
>> YELLOW DOTS=April
>> PURPLE DOTS=May
>> PINK DOTS=June

Ok Chicago is how many times bigger than Minneapolis? You can't compare Minne to the Chi. Chicago is still the king/capital of the midwest.
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Old 07-08-2009, 11:49 PM
 
Location: St Paul
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no way
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Old 07-09-2009, 05:59 AM
 
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You say that like your surprised. Minneapolis is the center of a large, metropolitan area. It is inherently more dangerous than Vermont.
I guess I wasn't expecting the MPLS crime index to be well over twice as high as the national average. I personally view MPLS similar to the following cities:

Boston 524
Seattle 470
Denver 409
Omaha 428
Indy 702
MPLS 791

The nations average crime index is 320.

Saying all of this, a massive drop in murders is a great thing. So my question was, since murders have been reduced by 8x, I'd hope that the rest of the crimes has also dropped. I was asking if anyone else knew how other crime was taking shape like rapes, burglaries, thefts etc. If no other crime categories have dropped, then I would take a wait-and-see attitude even on the murders as it could be a fluke. If they all dropped, then this article link tells me that all the police need a raise for their incredible work!
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Old 07-09-2009, 06:24 AM
 
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Crime has nothing to do with being a global city. Minneapolis should be proud to have less homicide. But that really doesn't prove anything about being a global city and why would someone bash Chicago for it. This is narrow-mindedness.

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At this rate we'll never be a global city!
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:13 AM
 
Location: South Minneapolis
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Some people just don't get humor ans sarcasm.
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:26 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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Ok Chicago is how many times bigger than Minneapolis? You can't compare Minne to the Chi. Chicago is still the king/capital of the midwest.
yes, one can compare the two watch this...
Chicago is 10 X the size of Minneapolis.
Chicago has 34 X the homicides.
see, that was a comparison.

As far as Chicago being the "King/Capital of the Midwest", that statement would be an opinion since there is no data to support the contention. Not that there is such a thing anyways.

This is an analogy...
Chicago is a big fish in a small pond.

Good luck, keep your head down and remember to serpentine.

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