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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Albuquerque, NM was a great place to grow up in back in the 1940s and 1950s as that is where I spent most of my childhood. My grandmother lived in Santa Fe and an aunt was the first school nurse in Los Alamos during WWII. NM has changed over the years, and not for the better. Los Alamos is still a great town (I lived there nine years). In TV parking, dog poop and such gets everybody all worked up and I have to laugh.
"New Mexico has the second-highest violent crime rate in the country—8.6 vs. 3.7 nationwide. The violent crime rate in New Mexico is one of the highest in the country—8.6 incidents per 1,000 people, compared to 3.7 across the country.Aug 5, 2020"
New Mexico's 20 Safest Cities of 2020 | SafeWise |
New Mexico is also a huge state. There are plenty of nice low-crime towns and areas-near-towns in the state.
Connecticut is considered somewhat idyllic, all things considered (other than high taxes). And yet, Hartford, the state capitol, has a higher crime rate than New Mexico - as of 2018 data, 1 in 93 people will become victim of a violent crime in Hartford, CT.
Compare with North Haven, CT (where I lived many years): less than one in 1000 will be victim to a violent crime.
Compare that "less than 1 in 1000" to the Villages - 22 out of every 1000 people in the Villages are victim to violent crime.
So it was safer to live in North Haven CT, than it is to live in the Villages.
Also, 20.7792% of all statistics are made up; the other 94.019977% are arbitrary.