Some comments I've read recently piqued my interest so I went looking at crime rates in comparable cities by population. If this doesn't interest you, move on to the next post.
I found a website (bestplaces.net) which gathers data from FBI data. The results made me pleased we chose TV to live, and put local crime reports in perspective (as in, not much to write about so they search hard to find stories of possible interest, sometimes missing the mark totally!).
Here's what I found:
(city, state, violent crime, Property crime)
Evansville, IN , 56.9 , 61.3
Allentown, PA. , 66.6 , 61
Charleston, SC. 54.1 , 51.4
Clarksville, TN. , 65.4 , 50.4
Gainesville, FL. , 70.8 , 60.6
Miramar, FL. , 59.5 , 50.2
THE VILLAGES, FL. , 1 , 18
I recognize that the demographics of the other cities differ significantly, but that doesn't change the data.
FYI. :-)
