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Houston Violence

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by dskillz, Apr 11, 2007.

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  1. dskillz

    dskillz Member

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    Is Houston more violent than other cities in the US or is that just how it is in big cities? Every day I checkout the local nes web sites and the chron.com site and see multiple murders every single day. Usually it is some stupid stuff like an argument that got heated or a robbery. With school about to be out soon, and all the TYC people getting released I have to think it is only about to get worse.

    But back to my original question. Since I know there are alot of people from other cities on this board and people who do alot of traveling, is Houston more violent than other big cities?
     
  2. macalu

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    no matter what city you're in, you'll get the horrible (murder, kidnap, fire) news first. the feel good stories are relegated to the last 1.5 minutes before sports comes on.
     
  3. DonkeyMagic

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    Well, I'm not glad that Houston is more dangerous than New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago (the three cities that are bigger than us).

    but, then again, I am glad that Houston is safer than Dallas (what a turd of a city that place is)
     
  5. WWR

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    What people fail to understand is that crime doesn't go find good people, usually.

    The murders, the killings, the shootings.....it is usually thugs killing thugs. It doesn't happen in good parts of the town (usually).

    The odds are more likely that you will be killed by someone you know.

    There is no need to fear crime. :cool:
     
  6. DonkeyMagic

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    yeah, im surprised about being worse than NY, LA and chicago (more suprised by NY and LA). Im curious to see a side by side comparison.
     
  7. krnxsnoopy

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    Bigger City doesn't = More Violence

    That's a huge misconception.. New Orleans (Louisiana in general) is one of the most violent and simply ghetto cities in the country. They are no where near one of the largest.

    Most people think the BIG CITIES are more violence because of the reputation they get from movies and pop culture, such as LA and NY. Some of that may have been true in the past, maybe even the '80s, but not in 2007. Things have changed.

    Plainly put, nowdays poor people simply can't afford to live in the biggest and most expensive cities anymore.

    Crime is more prevalent in poorer communities.

    If anything, the BIGGEST cities are some of the safest.
     
  8. krnxsnoopy

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    NYC THE SAFEST LARGE CITY IN THE U.S.



    New York City is the safest big city in the country, according to a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI’s 2005 "Crime in the United States" indicates that the City experienced a 4.3% drop in overall crime last year, bringing the cumulative decrease from 2001 to 17.7%. In addition, the FBI’s report shows that violent crime increased nationwide by 2.3%, the largest increase since 1991. In New York City, however, violent crime continued to drop, falling 1.9%, while property crime fell 5.1% in the City, compared with a national decline of 1.5%.

    The FBI’s ranking of New York City as the safest large city in the United States means that, of all American cities with populations of 1 million or more, New York City has the lowest rate of total crime committed.

    For 2005, the total crime index in New York City was 2675.5 crimes per 100,000 people. Out of the 245 cities with a population of 100,000 or more that reported to the FBI, New York City ranked 228th between Edison Township, New Jersey and Fremont, California. Out of the nation’s 10 largest cities, New York City ranked 10th with the lowest Index Crime rate per 100,000 population. Out of the nation’s 25 largest cities, New York ranked 25th based upon Index Crime rate.

    "These statistics are terrific news for New York City’s visitor industry," said NYC & Company President & CEO Cristyne L. Nicholas. "With winter approaching, millions of people and families from around the world will consider a trip to New York City to see its many magical holiday attractions. New York City is one of the world’s foremost family destinations and these new FBI crime reduction figures reinforce what a safe place it is to visit."

    http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=1091



    NEW YORK - New York remained the safest of the nation’s 10 largest cities in 2005, with about one crime reported for every 37 people, according to FBI statistics.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14910822/
     
  9. MLittle577

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    Detroit is all that needs to be said.
     
  10. hkomives

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    With all due respect, please please try to understand that NYC is very safe. Crime in big cities should not have NYC mentioned.

    Here's just an example of a bottomless pit of articles concerning how safe NYC is.

    Link: http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20050228/200/1335

    The Crime Rate: How Low Can It Go?
    by Joshua Brustein
    February 28, 2005




    Nilma Rivas was walking with her grandson in East Harlem early one evening when a group of men in a car began shooting on the sidewalk. A stray bullet hit her in the leg, and she bled to death. She was 52 years old.

    “People who knew what to do ran,” Jose Rivera, a resident who witnessed the shooting, told the New York Times. “Those who didn’t know what to do stood there.”

    That was in November, 1993, a time when the newspaper could refer to random shootings as "numbingly common."

    A dozen years later, Javier Llano, walking in that same neighborhood, is worried about crime too. But the crimes that engage Llano, the district manager of the local community board, are pickpocketing and the theft of items left in the cafeteria at Mount Sinai hospital.

    In the decade after Rivas's killing, crime in East Harlem dropped 60 percent. The number of murders in the police precinct where Rivas died dropped from 37 a year to eight.

    The story is much the same all over New York City, which has experienced a dramatic drop in crime for 15 years in a row now. In 1990, 2,245 were murdered; in 2004, there were 566 murders citywide. In 1990, 147,123 cars were stolen; in 2004, auto thefts in the city totaled 21,848. The Federal Bureau of Investigation now considers New York the country’s safest big city.
     
  11. MadMax

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    i can tell you it's no surprise to me that Little Rock is on that list. sad but true.
     
  12. Bobblehead

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    Southwest Houston is a S*ithole!

    That is why I moved to Sugar Land...where you will NEVER see mass transportation (the root of all evil).
     
  13. Air Langhi

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    Downtown LA at two in the morning is very scary place to be. There are ton of homeless people and cardboard houses.
     
  14. Supermac34

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    The gentrification of many parts of New York has brought higher income people into areas that were traditionally low income. Higher rents and values have driven out poorer folks that tend to have more crime.

    The same can and will happen in prime parts of Houston over the next 20 years as more people move back into the loop and re-establish older neighborhoods.
     
  15. Rocketman95

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    Yeah. How dare people who can't afford cars think they can try to get around without having to walk everywhere.
     
  16. Faos

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    Anyone watch NBC's "To Catch A Car Thief" on Dateline last night? It was based on car thefts in Houston. I feel lucky to never have had my car stolen after watching the show.
     
  17. surrender

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    Oh man, good thing not having public transit makes cities so safe! That's why Houston is soooo much safer than NYC
     
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    U can go to the nbc website click on dateline to watch this...so im sittin here watchin this and what do i see? me homeboy "big jeorge" from high school> he went to alief hastings! just thought that was crazy
     
  19. rhino17

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    I saw that, pretty interesting
     
  20. Jeff

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    I'd like to see rankings that didn't include motor vehicle theft. I remember reading that Houston is one of the worst for that mainly because we have so many drivers. I'd like to see rankings based solely on violent crimes - rape, murder, aggravated assault, etc. - given that those are the one's we are most concerned about when it comes to crime effecting us.
     

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