Originally posted by: conservative002
I talked to a cop in Memphis a little while back. He said they have the same number of cops now that they did in the 80's. That is how screwed up their budget is!
According to bestplaces.net (IE, the best/worst places to live):
Worst Large Cities for Crime (>500,000 pop.)
1. Tucson, AZ
Tucson has one of the highest property crime rates in the country, especially larceny. On the bright side, Tucson has a low murder rate.
2. Memphis, TN-AR-MS
Residents of Memphis contend with the nation's second-highest violent crime rate. In addition, the rate of robbery and burglary are among the nation's highest.
And here are the crime stats for 2002:
http://memphis.areaconnect.com/crime1.htm
Worse in the nation for:
Murders
Forcible Rapes
Robberies
Aggravated Assaults
Burglaries
Larceny/Thefts
Motor Vehicle Thefts
And trust me, with our f*cked up city government and their lack of knowledge in mathematics to tend to the city/county budget, things haven't gotten any better! We spend $250 million for a new arena to attract an NBA team, and for some reason the city is in the black, plus raise city property taxes every chance they get to pay for budget downfalls, such already suffering school system (see CA
article from last year on our sh*tty school system).
So remind me WHY I live here besides a relatively LOW cost of living compared to the rest of the nation?? Luckily I live outside the city limits in a decent part of the county... for now