Most Dangerous U.S. Cities

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11-01-2006 @ 2:17AM

brad77 said...

I was born and raised in St. Louis in various parts of the greater metro area (read: the county). I never felt that my city was more dangerous than New York or LA, especially considering what you hear in the news and see in movies. Granted there are parts of town that you quickly learn to avoid, but that goes for every major city, right?

You've got a point, jmchez. Per-capita numbers seem to skew the result. Although the city has made efforts to gentrify the downtown area, it's generally not very populated (according to CNN, there are roughly 330,000 residents withing city limits. This compares to 980,000 in the surrounding areas). Granted, you've also got cities like Flint, MI thrown into the mix. Their population is roughly 125,000.

I suppose that means that St. Louis has found one more claim to fame over Detroit? I'll take that for my silver lining, please.

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