Comments on: Just How Safe IS Kentucky’s Largest City?

By: Antonio

Antonio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:53:32 +0000

Jake, you’re right to not feel great about the numbers. El Paso is pissed about being #5:

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/19679713/detail.html

By: Ed Springston

Ed Springston — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:14:35 +0000

This is no big surprise considering the direction Abramson has had unlimited reign in taking this City. Once he goes and someone competent gets in we will see improvement.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:39:49 +0000

Seeing the other names on this list, does that mean The ‘Ville is the 10th LEAST safe city?

Or are New York, Vegas, LA and the drug-trade riddled murder city that is El Paso “safe”?

The only things missing are Detroit and Gary, Indiana.

By: jaded dude

jaded dude — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:05:43 +0000

I’m always cautious with statistics that compare city-limits to city-limits instead of metropolitan area to metropolitan area. How would the numbers for New York, Boston, or Los Angeles change if some of the shadier suburbs surrounding the central city were included? Conversely, a tiny city like Miami (31.1 square miles) would probably be considered statistically safer if its trendy suburbs (Miami Beach, Coral Gables) were included. Just carry yourself well and you shouldn’t have a problem in ANY city. A friend and I went to Detroit a few years ago. Though statistically one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S., we had a complete and total blast. We met one dude at a bar downtown and told him we were from Owensboro. He goes,”Kentucky?, my people are from Hop’town!” Another guy on the street offered us Thai sticks of marijuana, we passed though.