FinallyRetired
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This seems like a back handed compliment ... hey, we're not the most dangerous city in violent crime! This is the headline from the El Paso Times, and is one of their most viewed stories.
El Paso not on Forbes.com's list of dangerous cities
El Paso not on Forbes.com's list of dangerous cities - El Paso Times
If you read the article further it says that "El Paso was named the third-safest city in the City Crime Rankings 2008-2009 released late last year by CQ Press." Not sure I believe either of those statistics, but that statement would have made a better headline.
I've been to El Paso several times and really like the city, and considered moving there at one time. But I'm allergic to the dust storms in the summer, and was advised it would not be healthy for me.
BTW here are the most dangerous cities on the Forbes list, some surprises for me:
Detroit -- always #1 in any bad statistic, foreclosures, crime, even football
Memphis
Miami
Sin City
Stockton
Orlando
Little Rock
Charleston - surprise, but only been downtown and Sullivan's Island
Nashville
Baltimore - been there many times, never thought it dangerous, guess I'm naive
NOrleans
Baton Rouge
West Palm Beach
Charlotte - But it seems so friendly
Philadelphia
I'm suspicious of any list like this that doesn't include DC
America's Most Dangerous Cities - Forbes.com
El Paso not on Forbes.com's list of dangerous cities
El Paso not on Forbes.com's list of dangerous cities - El Paso Times
If you read the article further it says that "El Paso was named the third-safest city in the City Crime Rankings 2008-2009 released late last year by CQ Press." Not sure I believe either of those statistics, but that statement would have made a better headline.
I've been to El Paso several times and really like the city, and considered moving there at one time. But I'm allergic to the dust storms in the summer, and was advised it would not be healthy for me.
BTW here are the most dangerous cities on the Forbes list, some surprises for me:
Detroit -- always #1 in any bad statistic, foreclosures, crime, even football
Memphis
Miami
Sin City
Stockton
Orlando
Little Rock
Charleston - surprise, but only been downtown and Sullivan's Island
Nashville
Baltimore - been there many times, never thought it dangerous, guess I'm naive
NOrleans
Baton Rouge
West Palm Beach
Charlotte - But it seems so friendly
Philadelphia
I'm suspicious of any list like this that doesn't include DC
America's Most Dangerous Cities - Forbes.com