The five states where you are most likely to be mugged;

[graciegirl]

This is from Readers Digest and just posted on Microsoft Newsfeed;


So in which state do the majority of these muggings take place? Nevada. FBI statistics show the state saw 217.5 robberies per 100,000 people in 2015. That’s compared to the 164 robberies per 100,000 people in the second most robbery-laden state, Maryland.
State number three is California, with 135 robberies, followed by Delaware, with 130.6. New York rounds out the top five with 120.9 robberies.

[manaboutown]

It would be interesting to discover just where within each of these states one is most likely to be mugged. In NV perhaps Las Vegas; in MD Baltimore City? In CA could be Stockton, San Bernadino, San Francisco, Santa Ana, East LA or???

[graciegirl]

It would be interesting to discover just where within each of these states one is most likely to be mugged. In NV perhaps Las Vegas; in MD Baltimore City? In CA could be Stockton, San Bernadino, San Francisco, Santa Ana, East LA or???

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[Taltarzac725]

This is from Readers Digest and just posted on Microsoft Newsfeed;


So in which state do the majority of these muggings take place? Nevada. FBI statistics show the state saw 217.5 robberies per 100,000 people in 2015. That’s compared to the 164 robberies per 100,000 people in the second most robbery-laden state, Maryland.
State number three is California, with 135 robberies, followed by Delaware, with 130.6. New York rounds out the top five with 120.9 robberies.

Nevada has a lot of people coming through for short periods of time. I did encounter a lot of crime while growing up in Reno, Nevada. And was a victim/survivor of some of it. Shot in left pinky by kid "friend" with BB gun; attempted car-jacking; teacher's daughter murdered on my birthday of 2-24 in case probably solved in 2014 via DNA test ; close co-Philosophy major at the University of Nevada, Reno knifed in heart area six or so times by jealous husband; friend's dog shot through with arrow, etc.

[2BNTV]

Consider the fact that NY has at least 8 million people in the city and another 8 million in the state, I am somewhat surprised it made 5th.

It think it's a low crime rate for the amount of people passing through. It's not as bad as some people like to believe. IMHO

[Roll With It]

I have been to New York many, many times. I have NEVER been afraid.

[manaboutown]

I am flying over to Albuquerque next Tuesday as I must spend time there on business. I keep a home there in a gated community having guards driving around and patrolling it. I rarely go out to dinner when I am there but daylight hours are fine if one knows what parts of town to avoid. Unfortunately the area has become pretty much as it was portrayed in "Breaking Bad", pretty rough, although it was a nice place to grow up 50 to 75 years ago! Seeing so many of the homes having wrought irons bars over their windows and doors today, even in "nice" areas saddens me.

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[BobnBev]

This is from Readers Digest and just posted on Microsoft Newsfeed;


So in which state do the majority of these muggings take place? Nevada. FBI statistics show the state saw 217.5 robberies per 100,000 people in 2015. That’s compared to the 164 robberies per 100,000 people in the second most robbery-laden state, Maryland.
State number three is California, with 135 robberies, followed by Delaware, with 130.6. New York rounds out the top five with 120.9 robberies.

Makes me glad I live in The Villages.:coolsmiley::bigbow:

[manaboutown]

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[EPutnam1863]

It would be interesting to discover just where within each of these states one is most likely to be mugged. In NV perhaps Las Vegas; in MD Baltimore City? In CA could be Stockton, San Bernadino, San Francisco, Santa Ana, East LA or???

When we lived south of San Francisco, my VW bug was stolen three times, eggs were thrown at my car, and our house was burgled two times. I hated SF and still do but I loved Half Moon Bay and would move back there if it were not for the now-astronomical prices of the housing and taxes.

[EPutnam1863]

Consider the fact that NY has at least 8 million people in the city and another 8 million in the state, I am somewhat surprised it made 5th.

It think it's a low crime rate for the amount of people passing through. It's not as bad as some people like to believe. IMHO

Not so fast. My boyfriend back in 1963 had his car stolen in NYC while he was staying overnight while enroute from his home in Boston to college in Washington DC. In his car were all his possessions and his PhD papers. There was no computer then, so he had to do it all over again.

[manaboutown]

Not so fast. My boyfriend back in 1963 had his car stolen in NYC while he was staying overnight while enroute from his home in Boston to college in Washington DC. In his car were all his possessions and his PhD papers. There was no computer then, so he had to do it all over again.

A fraternity brother of mine drove to D.C. the summer of 1963. He parked his car in front of Union Station just long enough to help his friend take his luggage into the terminal. When he returned to his locked car minutes later everything inside had been removed, all his clothing and so on. He had a summer job with a Congressman and he got through it with literally the clothes on his back. Out of state plates probably made his car a quick grab target.

[Taltarzac725]

I remember trying to take a short cut when going through Los Angeles and went through what looked like very tough parts of town. Boy was I glad when I re-located the freeway!! I was too scared to ask anyone for directions.

I have done that in Tampa and St. Pete as well. Got off the highway trying to be adventurous and would end up in very scary parts of urban America.

I wanted to train into Chicago and check out the University of Chicago and my aunts and uncles forbade it. And they would not take me in their cars either.

[tomwed]

street smart
having the experience and knowledge necessary to deal with the potential difficulties or dangers of life in an urban environment.

What do you call it down here?

[Nucky]

street smart
having the experience and knowledge necessary to deal with the potential difficulties or dangers of life in an urban environment.

What do you call it down here?

Cotton Picking TriState Residents! Lol!

Did you notice the rate went down in certain areas once a few people moved south? Just saying!:boxing2:

[EPutnam1863]

I had to stop at a drug store for a bottle of water in a questionable neighborhood in Detroit, and the manager told me to keep the bottle while ushering me quickly of the store because the women in the line at the cash register looked at me as if though they wanted to attack me. We were wanting to visit a cemetery in that neighborhood but decided to scram out of there.

Most of these houses had bars on their windows. Ditto with Miami.

[EPutnam1863]

I was driving my father to John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore when I missed a turn and ended up in a not very nice-looking neighborhood. The residents scowled at me, and my father told me to hurry up and get out of there as fast as I could.

[birdawg]

And what do all of these neighborhoods have in common?

[2BNTV]

Comparing one isolated incident of crime is painting a picture, in broad strokes. One has to look at the big picture.

Like the analogy of someone not wearing their seat belt in case a car catches fire and can't get out of their seat belt in time, (due to seat belt malfunction), as opposed to car accidents where someone is killed because they were thrown from the car. The exception is not the norm.

I came from a city that was at one time called, "the murder capital of the USA", yet, I'm still here.

Anytown USA was safer, 50 to 75 years ago. IMHO

BTW - I've never felt safer, being in TV. :smiley:

[Taltarzac725]

Nevada has a lot of people coming through for short periods of time. I did encounter a lot of crime while growing up in Reno, Nevada. And was a victim/survivor of some of it. Shot in left pinky by kid "friend" with BB gun; attempted car-jacking; teacher's daughter murdered on my birthday of 2-24 in case probably solved in 2014 via DNA test ; close co-Philosophy major at the University of Nevada, Reno knifed in heart area six or so times by jealous husband; friend's dog shot through with arrow, etc.

Just on a note -- the boy was aiming a quite well pumped up BB gun at my eye when I persuaded him to aim between my fingers instead rather than shooting me in the face and/or taking out an eye. He had lifted the BB gun and aimed it me after I watched him pump it up. He missed and was soon in some kind of juvenile treatment program for those kids with sociopathological problems when his parents found out what had happened.

And the teacher's daughter was murdered while I was a student of this English teacher. Many of my fellow classmates were questioned by the police. At least, those without the alibi of a birthday party like me. None of these kids were at my birthday party. This slaying happened a few yards from the University of Nevada, Reno and this girl killed as a 19 year old nursing student there. Many students were scared to go out at night until this case was "solved" three years later in 1979.

[John_W]

I was driving my father to John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore when I missed a turn and ended up in a not very nice-looking neighborhood. The residents scowled at me, and my father told me to hurry up and get out of there as fast as I could.

https://www.almrsal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Johns-Hopkins-Hospital.jpg

Johns Hopkins Hospital is in east Baltimore, not a good area, neither is west Baltimore. However, go just a dozen blocks south and you would of be just east of the Inner Harbor in an area known as Fells Point. It's a cobblestone street area that has been in transition since the 80's and is now the most desirable area for the young hip crowd. Here's waterfront apartments in Fells Point, the Union Wharf where a studio rents for $1800 a month.

https://photonet.hotpads.com/search/listingPhoto/BozzutoMITS/558/0036_1580561492_large.jpg

[manaboutown]

https://www.almrsal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Johns-Hopkins-Hospital.jpg

Johns Hopkins Hospital is in east Baltimore, not a good area, neither is west Baltimore. However, go just a dozen blocks south and you would of be just east of the Inner Harbor in an area known as Fells Point. It's a cobblestone street area that has been in transition since the 80's and is now the most desirable area for the young hip crowd. Here's waterfront apartments in Fells Point, the Union Wharf where a studio rents for $1800 a month.

https://photonet.hotpads.com/search/listingPhoto/BozzutoMITS/558/0036_1580561492_large.jpg

I love Fells Point!

[tomwed]

My eldest went to Hopkins. I would visit. We went on an organized bike ride that connected every park in the city. I biked some parts of the city faster then others. Some apartment buildings have a blue light on the roof. The police put it up there to tell people it's smart to stay away from that building. Overall I liked Baltimore. There were many kinds of celebrations on the weekends.

[Taltarzac725]

My eldest went to Hopkins. I would visit. We went on an organized bike ride that connected every park in the city. I biked some parts of the city faster then others. Some apartment buildings have a blue light on the roof. The police put it up there to tell people it's smart to stay away from that building. Overall I liked Baltimore. There were many kinds of celebrations on the weekends.

Never been to Baltimore but will try to visit some time in the future.

[tomwed]

Never been to Baltimore but will try to visit some time in the future.
I think you will enjoy Baltimore. Go when there is a festival. Check out the HON festival. It's all about being a waitress when waitresses called everybody hon, wore beehives and those pointy glasses.

[jblum315]

And what do all of these neighborhoods have in common?

poverty

[KEVIN & JOSIE]

Worked my 30 year career in the Baltimore City and surrounding counties. I can agree with the report findings. There are no longer city county boundaries, as the once safe areas now share in the violent crime that once only plagued the city.

[John_W]

My eldest went to Hopkins. I would visit. We went on an organized bike ride that connected every park in the city. I biked some parts of the city faster then others. Some apartment buildings have a blue light on the roof. The police put it up there to tell people it's smart to stay away from that building. Overall I liked Baltimore. There were many kinds of celebrations on the weekends.

One thing to remember, Johns Hopkins Hospital and the JH University are not one in the same, they're about five miles difference, which in the city is many blocks. The University is in a much better area right off I-83 for better accessibility. The area around the university is mostly rowhomes and apartments that cater to college students. Whereas around the hospital most of the surrounding area is known as a war zone, which I wish they would just tear down.

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wyprmain/files/201803/homewood_campus.jpg

https://media.beam.usnews.com/81/49/53c0147f402885ea878d7bfe7091/160624-johns-hopkins-university-submitted.jpg

[PennBF]

Worked for 20 plus years in Manhattan,NYC and only once saw a guy shot as he was swinging a big knife. When visitors came to the city we gave them 3 suggestions:
1. If you see something going down ignore it and keep going.
2. If you look down a side street and it does not look safe there is a good chance it is not and avoid it.
3. Avoid looking people in the eye as some nuts think that is threatening.
I was there when Giuliani was Mayor and it was a pretty safe city then. Today is it back to "Be Careful" days. :ohdear:

[graciegirl]

Visited Manhattan again a couple weeks ago to see our granddaughter who lives in a tiny apartment on the lower east side and pays over two grand a month for it. She lives alone and frankly I worry.

I don't like Manhattan. I can't help myself. First of all MANY buildings are unsafe and are sheltered by laws that protect historic sites. There are no elevators in many, and the fire escapes are often not trustworthy. The ADA would have a field day, should have a field day but many front doors are locked and I wonder if fire inspectors are doing their jobs or the statutes are badly in need of updating.

I would hate to live there because it is almost impossible to use your own vehicle and I am not patient. There are NO BIG grocery stores and the prices for everything is very, very high....to me outrageous. I have to believe that blocks and blocks should be razed in order to safely house humans.

I will now hide. My granddaughter loves it. I have never liked it, and used to have to go there once a month on business.


I realize this is NOT a popular opinion. I will now hear about the Museums and the culture. AND THE POWER.

Oh well, it's a slow day and we are retired.

[tomwed]

Worked for 20 plus years in Manhattan,NYC and only once saw a guy shot as he was swinging a big knife. When visitors came to the city we gave them 3 suggestions:
1. If you see something going down ignore it and keep going.
2. If you look down a side street and it does not look safe there is a good chance it is not and avoid it.
3. Avoid looking people in the eye as some nuts think that is threatening.
I was there when Giuliani was Mayor and it was a pretty safe city then. Today is it back to "Be Careful" days. :ohdear:You gave them a "street smart" lesson. I would add that you don't want to look vulnerable or wealthy flashing jewelry and folded money.
What would the lesson be down here?

[EPutnam1863]

Visited Manhattan again a couple weeks ago to see our granddaughter who lives in a tiny apartment on the lower east side and pays over two grand a month for it. She lives alone and frankly I worry.

I don't like Manhattan. I can't help myself. First of all MANY buildings are unsafe and are sheltered by laws that protect historic sites. There are no elevators in many, and the fire escapes are often not trustworthy. The ADA would have a field day, should have a field day but many front doors are locked and I wonder if fire inspectors are doing their jobs or the statutes are badly in need of updating.

I would hate to live there because it is almost impossible to use your own vehicle and I am not patient. There are NO BIG grocery stores and the prices for everything is very, very high....to me outrageous. I have to believe that blocks and blocks should be razed in order to safely house humans.

I will now hide. My granddaughter loves it. I have never liked it, and used to have to go there once a month on business.


I realize this is NOT a popular opinion. I will now hear about the Museums and the culture. AND THE POWER.

Oh well, it's a slow day and we are retired.

I would give anything to live in NYC as long as the apartment building is on a treed block and overlooks Central Park. I would love to feed the birds and watch all those crazies.

[Chi33]

Graciegirl-

“In buildings five stories in height or more, at least one elevator shall be provided for Fire Department emergency access to all floors...

- NYC BUILDINGS BULLETIN 2011-018

[PennBF]

Have relative who moved to the Villages after living her life in NY City. Asked one time what was the funnest thing she saw in her 60 + years in NY City. Each morning she rode her bike through Central Park to her office. One morning she was riding through and over one of the hills in the park was a minority person about 6 feet tall walking through the park in a "red teddy". The funny part was no one looked up! It was like normal life. :a040:

[My Post]

Just looked up the top 5 States where you are most likely to be hugged:

1. VT (If you are a tree)
2. California (If you are a young, fit, aspiring actress)
3. Alabama (If you are Nick Saban)
4. Oregon (if you brought pot to the party)
5. Delaware (if you are around Joe Biden)

[manaboutown]

Have relative who moved to the Villages after living her life in NY City. Asked one time what was the funnest thing she saw in her 60 + years in NY City. Each morning she rode her bike through Central Park to her office. One morning she was riding through and over one of the hills in the park was a minority person about 6 feet tall walking through the park in a "red teddy". The funny part was no one looked up! It was like normal life. :a040:

Kinda like Walmart, huh?

[manaboutown]

I just read 16 people shot in 7 hours in NYC and those are just the ones reported!

[2BNTV]

Just looked up the top 5 States where you are most likely to be hugged:

1. VT (If you are a tree)
2. California (If you are a young, fit, aspiring actress)
3. Alabama (If you are Nick Saban)
4. Oregon (if you brought pot to the party)
5. Delaware (if you are around Joe Biden)

:1rotfl:

[Carl in Tampa]

This is from Readers Digest and just posted on Microsoft Newsfeed;


So in which state do the majority of these muggings take place? Nevada. FBI statistics show the state saw 217.5 robberies per 100,000 people in 2015. That’s compared to the 164 robberies per 100,000 people in the second most robbery-laden state, Maryland.
State number three is California, with 135 robberies, followed by Delaware, with 130.6. New York rounds out the top five with 120.9 robberies.

My analysis of why these particular states are high in crime were removed by the Moderator, apparently because in a couple of cases I attributed the cause to identifiable political leaders, so I'll try again.

Nevada - Casinos, lots of cash in the possession of people walking the streets, prostitution, pimps rolling Johns for money.

Maryland - Rampant street crime in Baltimore.

California - Gangs and gang warfare, muggings to support the gang activity. Stringent gun control.

Delaware - Gang warfare, much of it going unreported. Higher murder rate than Chicago or New Orleans.

New York - Street level criminals feel safe in carrying concealed weapons in public. (Apparently I can't say why.)

Let's see if this one squeaks through.

:police: