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Atlanta at 102 at the end of September/end of Q3. Last year it was still at 120 at the same time, but Q4 had nearly 50 to add so we'll see how this quarter goes. If it were to keep the same pace with the number divided evenly for the first 3 quarters of this year, it will finish the year at 136.
I've never felt Atlanta was as safe as their ranking.
I've never felt Atlanta was as safe as their ranking.
For one thing Atlanta is not ranked as one of the safer cities. 100+ is a lot for a city proper of only about half-million. The thing about DC, at least from my limited knowledge of it from the time I visited there, is that it's more segregated so the rough areas are really rough, but the touristy areas such as the National Mall area you'll likely see little to no type of criminal activity or even sketchy looking people. Meanwhile in ATL even though it has the SW and West areas where most of the crime is concentrated, there is criminal activity scattered all around the city. Even the supposedly high class Buckhead area has the occasional homicide.
I've never felt Atlanta was as safe as their ranking.
Because the bulk of crime is geogographically segregated east of the Anacostia, were as in a city like Baltimore, its diffuse through much more of the cities geographic footprint.
For one thing Atlanta is not ranked as one of the safer cities. 100+ is a lot for a city proper of only about half-million. The thing about DC, at least from my limited knowledge of it from the time I visited there, is that it's more segregated so the rough areas are really rough, but the touristy areas such as the National Mall area you'll likely see little to no type of criminal activity or even sketchy looking people. Meanwhile in ATL even though it has the SW and West areas where most of the crime is concentrated, there is criminal activity scattered all around the city. Even the supposedly high class Buckhead area has the occasional homicide.
Brooklyn and Chicago are the same size, yet one has 100 homicides, the other has 500. Interesting...
Chicago doesn't have a crime problem....so they say.
When you look at it from a " glass half full " perspective, Chicago is 2 1/2 times larger in population than Baltimore, New Orleans, and St. Louis together, but usually logs fewer murders than those three cities together.
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