St. Louis resident: "I go to bed at night asking God to please let my bed be low enough so I can dodge a bullet tonight" (Missouri, crime)

[lovecrowds]

So many people have left St. Louis and it has been depopulated so much that the city has a population barely larger than Irvine, California or Gilbert or Chandler, Arizona.

Nearly a dozen people shot on Friday in St. Louis city and county, a majority in the city of St. Louis.

Just last weekend, 19 shot and 4 killed in the city of St. Louis proper.

This is a city of 300,000 people.

Amazing how as a comparison in 2017, Lincoln in Nebraska which is just slightly less populous had just 5 shootings and zero homicides.

So far this year, Lincoln with has had less homicides than St. Louis had over memorial day weekend

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/st...iolent-friday/

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/cr...2-973534a1c111

https://journalstar.com/news/local/c...b8ed5cec2.html

[green_mariner]

St. Louis is a heavily declining Rust Belt city. Lincoln is a thriving college city. Two difference places, two different dynamics. There is a reason

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

St. Louis is a heavily declining Rust Belt city. Lincoln is a thriving college city. Two difference places, two different dynamics. There is a reason

Do you feel like you are back in 5th grade social studies class again?

[mizzou88]

not sure why this is in the politics forum but,
as long as you don't live in N.STL the crime doesn't really affect you. Many of the neighborhoods in the county are ranked as the safest in the nation.
I lived in midtown by SLU for awhile, and like a lot of midwestern cities its very segregated with most of the crime happening in North STL. There was an instance tho of a female SLU student (who happened to be a star volleyball player) being shot and killed right off campus for not giving a mugger her purse. And there were also a few car jackings by gunpoint but for the most part it was all concentrated in N .STL.and never affected you despite being known as "the most dangerous city". always felt safe in CWE and around midtown, downtown and the landing were completely dead except for gamedays when I lived there tho

STL connecting the park at the arch to the city was really cool though! can walk straight to the park from the city! makes it so much more accessible and its even a national park now!

and roadbiking on the riverfront trail heading north along the mississippi is a really cool ride, weaving in and out of old boat locks, even road my bike to casino in E STL once.

also can't beat forest park on a nice day! stroll through the free art musuem or free zoo, see a show at the muni,


nothing like jumping on the metrolink (lightrail) and taking it down to the cards or blues games, with everyone wearing their gear and getting all rowdy , actually used the metro a lot living by grand, took it to the cards and blues games ,to the airport to CWE and forest park. They redid the grand station when I lived there and made it look really nice.

did some community service in N STL though and it really is a different world, almost every gas station down there has the thing were instead of going inside to buy things you tell the cashier what you want through a little speaker hole and then theyll get it for you and slide you your stuff in a little box.

STL gets a bad rep, almost all the crime is segregated to the N. and i bet 99% of it involves gangs not innocent people.

if you live in Central west end, your right by forest park, delmar loop, the restaurants at CWE, definitely a cool place to live and if you ever get a chance to go to an event on the top floor of the chase park plaza, highly recommend it!

I actually really miss STL, if anyone ever goes please make it to "the best steak house" on grand across from the Fox theatre. Its a one of a kind restaurant and the chefs have an amazing way of taking your order, theyll scream "NEXT!" somehow remember your order then scream "NEXT!" again and go down the line screaming "NEXT!", really good food on a budget , man do I miss that place.