Wow I forgot how bad this place was.

So I just moved back to a place that I have lived for 7 years. My family got sick of it, so we moved North for a year. Now I'm back and it's scary how bad this place is. For example.................. one kid I knew pretty well stabbed a kid, and killed him. Now he's in jail for at least 20 years. One of my best friends sells drugs on a street corner................ everyone else are on pretty hardcore drugs. Looking back on what I just typed, it makes me seem like I'm some gangster in Compton, but I'm the complete opposite!!! Is your area where you live like this?

Welcome back to the American dream.

St. Louis has the worst crime rates in the country, according to some analyses. I live on the border between a "good" area and a "bad" area. There are many police around, but that hasn't stopped people from being robbed, mugged, and even raped within a couple blocks of my location over the last year. Elraptor

raped?!?!?!

I live in the lush countryside of Eastern Ireland. I know no crime, I know no strife. Life is good. :)

I live in Boise, crime isnt that bad here, in Nampa(about 15miles away) it is though, mostly due to the fact it has a huge illegal immgrant population.

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I used to live in the two block area smack dab between two projects, I know what you are talking about.

As of now, me and my family live pretty far away from the area, its seems like a different world here even though its in the same city. Everyone here is either Creolean or French or Latino or Asian, and nothing ever happens here.

Where I live isnt exactly perfect either. Some guy got stabbed about 30 seconds from my house, and my next door neighbour has had his car window smashed in and my car has had its front bumper kicked to pieces.Bourbons3

Despite this, I can't imagine Britian as a more dangerous place to live than the US. Perhaps its the population ratio to crime ratio? :?

Istanbul has 10-15 m people in it.From the most educated to most psychopat, there are some dangeorus and some great places.It doesn't matter though I love my city.

I know how you feel sort of. I go to college in a relatively ok town. Nothing to write home about, but not crime central either. However, my hometown is ridiculous. I just found out the other day that this girl I know got shot SEVEN times in the back...it's nuts

I live in a relatively safe area of downtown Toronto. The funny thing is I actually live next door to a crack house, but I've never had any problems with them before and I've lived in this area for four years.megagene

[QUOTE="megagene"]I live in a relatively safe area of downtown Toronto. The funny thing is I actually live next door to a crack house, but I've never had any problems with them before and I've lived in this area for four years.marty_81

Fortunately I have no reason to ever go to that area. :)

It's hard to tell. At home, I think things aren't great, but could be worse. There have been a few rapes over the years (including one serial rapist....) but nothing like that's happened for a while. Usual chavvy vandalism and fights, but not as bad as it could be.

M university town feels much safer. There are some dodgy areas that are best to avoid. But in general, I feel fairly safe walking home alone at 2am. It's nice. There was a flasher at one point, but he wasn't harmful, just creepy....

[QUOTE="Bourbons3"]Where I live isnt exactly perfect either. Some guy got stabbed about 30 seconds from my house, and my next door neighbour has had his car window smashed in and my car has had its front bumper kicked to pieces.The_Ish

Despite this, I can't imagine Britian as a more dangerous place to live than the US. Perhaps its the population ratio to crime ratio? :?

[QUOTE="The_Ish"]

[QUOTE="Bourbons3"]Where I live isnt exactly perfect either. Some guy got stabbed about 30 seconds from my house, and my next door neighbour has had his car window smashed in and my car has had its front bumper kicked to pieces.Bourbons3

Despite this, I can't imagine Britian as a more dangerous place to live than the US. Perhaps its the population ratio to crime ratio? :?

Well, thats better than having a higher homicide rate than us. :?

St. Louis has the worst crime rates in the country, according to some analyses. I live on the border between a "good" area and a "bad" area. There are many police around, but that hasn't stopped people from being robbed, mugged, and even raped within a couple blocks of my location over the last year. Elraptor

[QUOTE="Elraptor"]St. Louis has the worst crime rates in the country, according to some analyses. I live on the border between a "good" area and a "bad" area. There are many police around, but that hasn't stopped people from being robbed, mugged, and even raped within a couple blocks of my location over the last year. proctorsurf

raped?!?!?!

Although rape is bad enough, there have also been a number of muggings and burglaries. One guy was carjacked at an intersection, too. No one's been murdered close by, though.

[QUOTE="Elraptor"]St. Louis has the worst crime rates in the country, according to some analyses. I live on the border between a "good" area and a "bad" area. There are many police around, but that hasn't stopped people from being robbed, mugged, and even raped within a couple blocks of my location over the last year. dorklance

The worst city is usually Camden, NJ which is located right across the Delaware river from Philadelphia.  It may have dropped a little in the rankings, but it usually is the #1 worst place in the country.

Welcome back to the American dream.

briguyb13

QFT 

So I just moved back to a place that I have lived for 7 years. My family got sick of it, so we moved North for a year. Now I'm back and it's scary how bad this place is. For example.................. one kid I knew pretty well stabbed a kid, and killed him. Now he's in jail for at least 20 years. One of my best friends sells drugs on a street corner................ everyone else are on pretty hardcore drugs. Looking back on what I just typed, it makes me seem like I'm some gangster in Compton, but I'm the complete opposite!!! Is your area where you live like this?

proctorsurf

where do you live?