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Old 01-25-2020, 10:27 AM
 
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I saw a different article from a couple of weeks ago where we moved down to 5th most dangerous major city right behind Detroit, Memphis, Birmingham, and Baltimore.
It's still bogus.

Some cities dont count all instances of crime. Other cities count multiple crimes as one as long as they are committed by the same individual within a certain amount of time.

Some cities annex their suburbs that dilute the stats as well while other places like St. Louis and Baltimore dont. Some cities push their crime to unincorporated parts of the of the city.

The FBI has been known on several occasions to advise against city vs city comparisons due to the above mentioned situation.

Personal safety depends on personal decisions.
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Old 01-27-2020, 12:34 PM
 
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It's still bogus.

Some cities dont count all instances of crime. Other cities count multiple crimes as one as long as they are committed by the same individual within a certain amount of time.

Some cities annex their suburbs that dilute the stats as well while other places like St. Louis and Baltimore dont. Some cities push their crime to unincorporated parts of the of the city.

The FBI has been known on several occasions to advise against city vs city comparisons due to the above mentioned situation.

Personal safety depends on personal decisions.
This is why you need to take lots of different lists into consideration. What you'll find is the top 10 are pretty consistent. And if you're consistently in the top 10, it's hard to claim bias.
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Old 01-27-2020, 06:29 PM
 
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This is why you need to take lots of different lists into consideration. What you'll find is the top 10 are pretty consistent. And if you're consistently in the top 10, it's hard to claim bias.
No it isn't consistent. Check out the most dangerous MSA's. https://www.workandmoney.com/s/dange...44aaa8325e43c1

Memphis

Anchorage

Albuquerque

Lubbock

Wichita

Stockton-Lodi

Florence SC

Rockford il

Little Rock

Monroe la
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Old 01-28-2020, 09:14 AM
 
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This is why you need to take lots of different lists into consideration. What you'll find is the top 10 are pretty consistent. And if you're consistently in the top 10, it's hard to claim bias.
Different lists using the same flawed data set aren't meaningfully different.
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Old 01-28-2020, 12:14 PM
 
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No it isn't consistent. Check out the most dangerous MSA's. https://www.workandmoney.com/s/dange...44aaa8325e43c1

Memphis

Anchorage

Albuquerque

Lubbock

Wichita

Stockton-Lodi

Florence SC

Rockford il

Little Rock

Monroe la
Not sure how much I would trust the way the article calculated... Also, Birmingham AL isn't even on the FBI list sited in the article? Something is amiss.
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Old 01-28-2020, 02:10 PM
 
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The fact that Birmingham is not even listed as a metro area when Auburn, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Daphne, Fairhope, and Dothan are listed tell me this data might be either bunk or not truly inclusive.

Birmingham is normally in the top 10 most dangerous. It's going to be similar to Memphis crime statistic wise.
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