St. Louis, no longer a blip on the crime radar

[mizzou]

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-dangerous-cities-2011.html

this list makes so much more sense then the other "worlds most dangerous cities" list that was being palled around earlier

 

[vi edit]

Springfield is #3?

W.T.F.?

 

[mizzou]

Springfield is #3?

W.T.F.?

Springfield is a shithole, but it still surprises me at #3

 

[Via]

I used to go to Springfield quite a bit, and Springfield has some areas that make South Chicago look tame (not really, but you get the point).

Peoria has the same types of areas but the crime must not be as bad there.

 

[mizzou]

The biggest problem is that there is nothing to do there. No reasonable outdoor activities, no good colleges for sports, no arts to be involved in, etc. etc.

I will say there downtown has been looking nice lately, especially with the presidential library addition.

 

[K1052]

Springfield? I'm fucking from Springfield and the state..nay....the nation has MUCH worse shitholes.

Someone needs to review the stats and how they were collected.

 

[K1052]

The biggest problem is that there is nothing to do there. No reasonable outdoor activities, no good colleges for sports, no arts to be involved in, etc. etc.

I will say there downtown has been looking nice lately, especially with the presidential library addition.

Par for the course with most IL cities and towns, outside the UofI.

 

[mizzou]

Springfield? I'm fucking from Springfield and the state..nay....the nation has MUCH worse shitholes.

Someone needs to review the stats and how they were collected.

maybe you should move back to improve the statistics

 

[mizzou]

Par for the course with most IL cities and towns, outside the UofI.

:thumbsup:

 

[darkswordsman17]

Springfield? I'm fucking from Springfield and the state..nay....the nation has MUCH worse shitholes.

Someone needs to review the stats and how they were collected.

This is based just on violent crime rates (per 100,000 people), so its just one facet of shithole designation.

 

[K1052]

maybe you should move back to improve the statistics

No thanks, had enough after 23 years.

I wonder if they mixed up some obesity numbers with the crime numbers though...every time I go home I marvel at how fucking fat everyone is.

 

[K1052]

This is based just on violent crime rates (per 100,000 people), so its just one facet of shithole designation.

I have to wonder if it's a reporting blip though. I have no passion for the town itself but that stat strikes as unrealistic.

 

[Via]

Par for the course with most IL cities and towns, outside the UofI.

Nothing to do but go to Keggers.

 

[Exterous]

Sweet! #1 and #4. We don't do much well over here but when we do - you better watch out!

 

[TallBill]

Damn I really need to take an amtrak down there next year. Its like $30

 

[K1052]

Damn I really need to take an amtrak down there next year. Its like $30

Unless you are into Lincoln stuff there's not much to see.

Except the hamburger horseshoe.

 

[Wreckem]

Lubbock, TX is racking up "awards"

10th place for worst drivers (should be #1)
6th place for most dangerous city

 

[Luzah]

Springfield #3... good thing I keep my ass out of the bad parts East Peoria... yeah.. whole nother story. Decatur is gettin bad as well.

 

[vi edit]

Springfield #3... good thing I keep my ass out of the bad parts East Peoria... yeah.. whole nother story. Decatur is gettin bad as well.

East Peoria? Pshaw! Now the east bluff? That's where the party is.

 

[Luzah]

East Peoria? Pshaw! Now the east bluff? That's where the party is.

LOL.. regardless, I know where I don't belong! I'll keep my happy ass in Bloomington or Clinton At least then I have a half-ass chance of living.

 

[PimpJuice]

I grew up and lived in Springfield for about 20 years......I'm surprised its on this list. It's not the perfect place, but I never felt unsafe anywhere in the city at any time.

 

[Born2bwire]

The last time we posted a list of this sort a few weeks ago Rockford made the list.

 

[BudAshes]

apparently you should prepare to get raped if you go to alaska.

 

[Luzah]

The last time we posted a list of this sort a few weeks ago Rockford made the list.

Rockford?! No shit?? I knew Rockford wasn't exactly the greatest city, but I wouldn't think of them as being on a list as one of the most "crime-ridden". It has been quite a few years since I've been there tho, so It could've done a complete 180 on me.

 

[AMDZen]

One more reason to laugh at Detroit ... as if you needed one