Do you feel more or less safe living where you do?

[LAJ]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Dec 22 2003, 08:06 AM
There is no doubt living in a smaller city, or non-urban area things are generally safer. Not only from terrorists, but also normal crime as well.

As far as targets, NY, DC and LA are always listed as the top ones. So while they may be targeted most, they probably also have more security.... including lots that most people do not see.

Terrorists in foreign countries have been gonig after softer targets - those easier to hit, so something in a smaller city, or area may pop up from a frustrated terrorist who could not get his bigger target.

I'd say I have to disagree with ya on that one MikeAI... it's actually many of the smaller cities and towns that have a higher crime rate than the larger cities. Granted if you are from a small town, cities like NY and LA can seem very daunting and dangerous, but in actuality have lower rate of crime than the national average. Crime is usually in pockets of every city, but according to http://www.bestplaces.net/html/crime_compare.asp it seems like St. Louis, Dallas and Atlanta are much worse places to live than larger cities. The trend seems to be pretty bad for smaller cities particularly in the southern half of the US.



Last edited by LAJ at Dec 22 2003, 12:36 PM