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RANKED: St. Louis, Fort Lauderdale and San Bernardino are rated as America's most UNSAFE cities, on scale of crimes, car crashes, disasters, joblessness and more. Want better? Move to Columbia, Maryland
2022-10-13
  • St. Louis, Missouri, ranked as the least safe city in a list of 182

  • Columbia, Maryland, often lauded for its quality of life, ranks top

  • Other low scorers were Fort Lauderdale, Florida, San Bernardino, California, Detroit, Michigan, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  • Study uses 42 indicators, covering everything from wildfires to the number of uninsured drivers on the road

  • Also measured were crime rates, joblessness, and Covid-19 vaccination rates

  • 'Some cities are simply better at protecting their residents from harm,' said researchers
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  ...Come on down to SC. It's safe and deep red, although Charleston and Columbia have strong LGTBWhatever scenes. The thing is though, that nobody down here is going to beat you over the head with their lifestyle.

Very retiree friendly, low cost of living, and the Second Amendment is revered here.

Mike

Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-10-13 14:51  

#4  Lived in Columbia on-and-off for over ten years; it has its good and bad points:
Good - Lovely scenery, nice parks and walking trails, conveinient shopping centers in almost every neighborhood.
Bad - Very restrictive HOAs; lovely scenery tends to make roads more twisty than they should be.
Also, not all of Columbia is low crime - especially the neighborhoods of Oakland Mills and Long Reach.
Posted by: Heavy G   2022-10-13 11:55  

#3  Never would have guessed Fort Lauderdale. I was there many years ago and it looked pretty nice.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-13 11:48  

#2  Columbia would be like living in an Applebees
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-10-13 11:00  

#1  Some cities are simply better at protecting their residents from harm,' said researchers

National Capital Region federal employees really do deserve the very best.

Move to Columbia, MD? Sorry, no thanks.


Posted by: Besoeker   2022-10-13 02:07  

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