What is the most dangerous neighborhood in Minnesota OUTSIDE of the Twin Cities metro? (Minneapolis: crime rates, houses)

[lampandmousepad]

The thread title speaks for itself. Or are there multiple?

[jzeig104]

Maybe a part of St. Cloud? Depends on what you call dangerous, I guess.

[golfgal]

St. Louis??

I agree--define dangerous.

[Ghengis]

Last year I saw some kids shooting off bottle rockets in North Branch near Forest Ave by the high school, man...someone could lose an eye doing that.

[r_shackleford]

This thread can only serve to needlessly slander areas based primarily on rumors and hearsay. I could nominate a few places, but that's based entirely on speculation. It also completely misses the true nature of crime- assuming that's what you mean by danger- in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas.

As you ascend Earth's atmosphere, the temperature drops. Eventually, though you reach a point where the temperature starts going up with altitude. At the outermost reaches, the temperature is technically in the thousands of degrees. But the air is so thin that you'd freeze if you were actually in it. At least in my observations, crime seems to follow a similar pattern. Spread people out far enough and that means that troublemakers are not likely to bump into you. It also means that they're a little bit more bold because fewer people are watching and law enforcement has a larger area to cover. In this regard, you really can't pinpoint a neighborhood in the same sense as you would in a city like Minneapolis.

I've lived within the city limits of smaller towns for most of my life. Unless your head is in the sand, it's pretty hard to miss the "danger". A ramshackle house across the alley from a parochial school in a city of 100 mysteriously burned down. The locals who consider crime to be mowing the lawn on Sunday probably never suspected it may have been a meth lab. Take a drive on a county road. Count how many times you see an old car or two parked by a bridge. I don't think they're all out fishing. Actually, in this regard rural crime probably isn't much different than in the big city. Most houses that mysteriously burn down probably aren't meth labs. And most cars parked by bridges probably aren't drug dealers. A few of them could be, though. In this regard, it's not that much different than the big city. Most people who look suspicious are harmless. Closing time at the watering hole is one thing that is the same in Minneapolis as at a sleepy crossroads in the country.

That said, I'm still more afraid of my neighbor's dog and text messaging drivers than any mysterious figures in the shadows.

[geebabe]

Originally Posted by r_shackleford

This thread can only serve to needlessly slander areas based primarily on rumors and hearsay. I could nominate a few places, but that's based entirely on speculation. It also completely misses the true nature of crime- assuming that's what you mean by danger- in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas.

You are right on the mark and I agree. If c-d members have a say, then I vote this thread be closed. There are other ways the OP can go about his research. Encouraging hate and discontent here just doesn't sound like a good idea, to me anyway.

[bler144]

Most dangerous neighborhood? Hmmm...are we factoring in risk of bear attack or falling through the hole while ice fishing?

[uptown_urbanist]

I'm sure "dangerous" is HIGHLY overstated, but there are neighborhoods with higher than average crime rates. Even in those neighborhoods, however, if you're not engaging in illegal behavior yourself or hanging out with those who are, then you're not at much personal risk. Honestly, if worried about safety, I'd be most worried about risks of being in a car accident, as that's your biggest danger, statistically.

[Kamsack]

Originally Posted by geebabe

You are right on the mark and I agree. If c-d members have a say, then I vote this thread be closed. There are other ways the OP can go about his research. Encouraging hate and discontent here just doesn't sound like a good idea, to me anyway.

I agree...

[jimmyjam1]

Are the Twin Cities even that "dangerous"?