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2023-12-26 -Lurid Crime Tales-
A List of America's Most Dangerous Cities and Towns Just Dropped. Here's What They Have in Common.
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[Townhall] According to the study, the 15 most dangerous cities in the United States are:

1. Birmingham, Alabama — Mayor Randall Woodfin, Democrat

2. New Orleans, Louisiana — Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Democrat

3. St. Louis, Missouri — Mayor Tishaura Jones, Democrat

4. Detroit, Michigan — Mayor Mike Duggan, Democrat

5. Memphis, Tennessee — Mayor Jim Strickland, Democrat

6. Baltimore, Maryland — Mayor Brandon Scott, Democrat

7. Little Rock, Arkansas — Mayor Frank Scott, Jr., Democrat

8. Cleveland, Ohio — Mayor Justin Bibb, Democrat

9. Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Democrat

10. Kansas City, Missouri — Mayor Quinton Lucas, Democrat

11. Pueblo, Colorado — Mayor Nick Gradisar, Democrat

12. Oakland, California — Mayor Sheng Thao, Democrat

13. San Bernardino, California — Mayor Helen Tran, Democrat

14. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Mayor Jim Kenney, Democrat

15. Atlanta, Georgia — Mayor Andre Dickens, Democrat
Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-26 00:46|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 I think somebody's confusing cause and effect.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-26 02:19||   2023-12-26 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Correlation does not mean causation. Wait, what?
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-12-26 06:47||   2023-12-26 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect Baby Boomers suffer from the same historical amnesia that the current generation suffers from. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Big cities prior to WW2 were corrupt. There just weren't as many big cities. There was also a short time in the 50s and early 60s when a lot of men who came back from the war wanted to make a difference in providing good governance. Enough to get at least a critical mass. That was a historical anomaly that the Baby Boomers lived through. It ain't natural.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-26 06:55||   2023-12-26 06:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Using CITY-DATA.COM reveals several other related issues that seem to flourish under the Liberal Democrat Voter Plantation rule.

Eg:
* Higher than normal sex offender to population ratios.
* Lower income and lower education ratings.
* High percentages for NON-married family unit births.
* Low Liveable wage employment.
* Higher than normal government assistance Recipients.

Just to name a few.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-12-26 07:16||   2023-12-26 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 So, are the cities dangerous because they have dem mayors or because they are populated with people who vote dem?
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-12-26 08:08||   2023-12-26 08:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't know much about 1-14, but you damn sure don't want anything to do with #15.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-26 08:09||   2023-12-26 08:09|| Front Page Top

#7 I note Dallas is not on the list, perhaps because the mayor has just changed parties - to (R).

Or is he trying to save the city? Because Dallas is The Big (D).
Posted by Bobby 2023-12-26 08:37||   2023-12-26 08:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Re #2 - but it's damn well the first place you start looking
Posted by Mercutio 2023-12-26 08:57||   2023-12-26 08:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Why are democrats so violent?
Posted by BrerRabbit 2023-12-26 09:12||   2023-12-26 09:12|| Front Page Top

#10 In basic crime statistics this list is valid but in reality Washington DC is the most dangerous city in the history of the world.
Posted by Airandee 2023-12-26 09:19||   2023-12-26 09:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Re #5, Both.
Posted by EMSArtifact  2023-12-26 09:48||   2023-12-26 09:48|| Front Page Top

#12 'big' cities are dangerous because that is where people who do nothing go to get 'stuff' for nothing. IMO
Posted by irish rage boy 2023-12-26 11:21||   2023-12-26 11:21|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ Occam smiles with approval at that analysis.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-12-26 11:30||   2023-12-26 11:30|| Front Page Top

#14 Urbanism is a failed model. Because so many are totally invested in it, it's death will be prolonged and painful.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 12:36||   2023-12-26 12:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Re #5 & 11: In engineering, it's called a "Positive Feedback Loop". Its end stage is the destruction of the device.
Posted by Mercutio 2023-12-26 12:47||   2023-12-26 12:47|| Front Page Top

#16 When I was living in Birmingham, Alabama back in the '80s the successive mayors were all Democrat. All of them were charged and convicted of crimes. Since Birmingham is majority Wakandan I leave you with that tidbit.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-12-26 12:48||   2023-12-26 12:48|| Front Page Top

#17 Yes, the party that keeps electing the likes of Marion Barry and Kweisi Mfume suddenly has a revelation about crime and eligibility for office.

When it's Trump...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-26 12:51||   2023-12-26 12:51|| Front Page Top

#18 ...that's the rational of some blacks. Trump is being treated like one of them.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-26 14:16||   2023-12-26 14:16|| Front Page Top

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