City Comparison; Crime Rates, Schools, Cost of Living...

[MountainDon]

An interesting site. It allows comparison of two places. USA only

http://www.bestplaces.net/crime/

[StinkerBell]

This is a fun website, thanks.

[peternap]

I compared the burb house to the barn and both rated a 2 in each category.

Then I changed the burb house to Richmond...

violent crime   8
property crime 7

Anyone still wonder why I wear a gun when I go to the city

[John_C]

It is an interesting site.  My town rated a 1 for violent crime and a 2 for property crime.

The sad part is that both types of crime are quite a bit more prevalent than 20 years ago. I remember when there was a murder and it was the first in 8 or 10 years.  Of course back then, when it was very rural, you could be reasonably certain that if you broke into someone's home in the middle of the night you would be greeted with a blast from the 12 ga. 


Today it's probably just a likely to be a 9mm   

[John_C]

It is interesting to compare Marietta, GA   to  adjacent  Kennesaw, GA

Marrietta crime    6 violent   7  property
Kennesaw           2 violent   2  property


One of Kennesaw's claims to fame quoted from Wikipedia

"On May 1, 1982 the city passed an ordinance [Sec 34-1a] requiring every head of household to maintain a firearm together with ammunition. It was passed partly in response to a 1981 handgun ban in Morton Grove, Illinois. Kennesaw's law was amended in 1983 to exempt those who conscientiously object to owning a firearm, convicted felons, those who cannot afford a firearm, and those with a mental or physical disability that would prevent them from owning a firearm. It mentions no penalty for its violation. According to the Kennesaw Historical Society, no one has ever been charged under the ordinance."

The crime rate in Kennesaw fell sharply soon after the ordinance was passed and has apparently remained low.

[Mad Dog]

That's a good point you make.  I put in where I live in the Butte, which lies right outside the town of Palmer, but technically is considered "part" of the town, and got vastly different results.  Palmer was a 6 and a 5, Butte was a 1 and a 1.  People consider Palmer residents more "civilized", and us Butte'rs more on the renegade side.  Difference is myself and all my neighbor's either carry guns, have big dogs, or have a combination of both. 

"We carry guns here, act accordingly". 

[Redoverfarm]

These are based on the FBI's UCR or (Uniform Crime Reporting) data.  They are per captia figures.  So usually the increased crime rate of larger cities is due to mostly the increased population.  I have worked in a high crime area and also a low crime area 9,000 pop vs 50,000 pop and there is a considerable difference but given the crimes/population of UCR there doesn't show a large difference.

[MountainDon]

The data is only as good as what's reported.

Our home town is a 3/3 (national average), whereas across the river in big city Albuquerque they are a 7/7. The sleepy looking little town along the road to our mountains is a 7/6 (violent/property) and the nearby pueblo a 6/2 (guess they don't steal much from each other, just beat up on each other). Kirtland AFB is a 1/1. Much of northern New Mexico is badly rated; Chama scores a 9 on violent, 7 on property... I think Frank needs to carry his 45 for certain.

Interesting stuff. Anyone lloked at the schools or COL?