And the city with the most dangerous neighborhood in the US is...

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derspiess

June 23, 2009, 10:34:20 AM
Cincinnati!  Take that, Seedy & Sav :D

Over-the-Rhine (as featured in the film "Traffic") to be exact.  Sad that what was once a clean, orderly immigrant neighborhood is now such a cesspool.

http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story/Over-the-Rhine-Most-Dangerous-Neighborhood-in-U-S/S_ZVE9utW0OmcH1WTxsKlA.cspx

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Over-the-Rhine Most Dangerous Neighborhood in U.S.

    * Neighborhoodscout.com list of Dangerous Cities

A website which provides crime data for insurance companies says the Over-the-Rhine area is the most dangerous neighborhood in the United States.

NeighborhoodScout.com says it used proprietary computer models to estimate incidences of violent crimes, including murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault, for every sub-zip code neighborhood in the U.S. The crime statistics come from local law enforcement agencies and the F.B.I. for the years 2005-2007.

Using their model, Neighborhoodscout.com ranks the zip codes 45210 and 45214, in Over-the-Rhine, as number one most dangerous in the United States.

The website says your chances of becoming a victim of crime in OTR over the course of one year, are 1 in 4.

The next four most dangerous neighborhoods, according to Neighborhoodscout.com, are found in Chicago, Miami, Jacksonville, FL, and Baltimore, Maryland.
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Caliga

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June 23, 2009, 10:35:04 AM
Having been there a year or two ago (we made a wrong turn  :Embarrass: ), I don't doubt it for a moment. :bleeding:
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Savonarola

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June 23, 2009, 10:44:43 AM Last Edit: June 23, 2009, 10:46:23 AM by Savonarola
Congratulations, Cincy  :)

Apparently Detroit's great white hope, Delray, didn't even make the top 5.   :(

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Caliga

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June 23, 2009, 10:45:29 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 23, 2009, 10:44:43 AMApparently Detroit's great white hope, Delray, didn't even make the top 5.
Not surprised.  What is there left to steal in Detroit?  :blush:
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Savonarola

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June 23, 2009, 10:48:27 AM
Quote from: Caliga on June 23, 2009, 10:45:29 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 23, 2009, 10:44:43 AMApparently Detroit's great white hope, Delray, didn't even make the top 5.
Not surprised.  What is there left to steal in Detroit?  :blush:

You'd be surprised.  For instance one night a gang of thieves stole all the sewer grates and manhole covers in Delray.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

derspiess

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June 23, 2009, 10:59:18 AM
Quote from: Caliga on June 23, 2009, 10:35:04 AM
Having been there a year or two ago (we made a wrong turn  :Embarrass: ), I don't doubt it for a moment. :bleeding:

I always drive through there, Clark Griswold style, when I've giving visiting friends/in-laws a tour of the city.

Ironically, some of the best bars in Cincy are in OTR, though it's been a while since I've gone out there.
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Lettow77

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June 23, 2009, 11:14:35 AM
I was shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that the most dangerous neighbourhood in the country is also a black neighbourhood.
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Syt

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June 23, 2009, 11:49:54 AM
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June 23, 2009, 11:52:29 AM
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Syt

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June 23, 2009, 11:55:05 AM
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Ed Anger

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June 23, 2009, 02:19:14 PM
I stay out of Cincy as much as I can. And Cleveland. Hell, and Middletucky too. And Gettysburg Ave and 3rd street in Dayton.

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DisturbedPervert

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June 23, 2009, 02:28:24 PM
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The next four most dangerous neighborhoods, according to Neighborhoodscout.com, are found in Chicago, Miami, Jacksonville, FL, and Baltimore, Maryland.

Poor show west coast.

Barrister

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June 23, 2009, 03:25:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 23, 2009, 02:19:14 PM
I stay out of Cincy as much as I can. And Cleveland. Hell, and Middletucky too. And Gettysburg Ave and 3rd street in Dayton.

To save time I suggest you just avoid Ohio.
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Ed Anger

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June 23, 2009, 03:32:14 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 23, 2009, 03:25:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 23, 2009, 02:19:14 PM
I stay out of Cincy as much as I can. And Cleveland. Hell, and Middletucky too. And Gettysburg Ave and 3rd street in Dayton.

To save time I suggest you just avoid Ohio.

:yawn:
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Neil

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June 23, 2009, 03:34:07 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 23, 2009, 03:25:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 23, 2009, 02:19:14 PM
I stay out of Cincy as much as I can. And Cleveland. Hell, and Middletucky too. And Gettysburg Ave and 3rd street in Dayton.

To save time I suggest you just avoid Ohio.
There does seem to be an inordinate amount of blacks there, doesn't there?
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