Detroit ranked most dangerous city in the country fourth year in a row as economic devastation continues to take its toll
Detroit was once the industrial capital of the nation. But, decades of economic decline and a ruinous recession have turned the Motor City into America's crime capital.
For the fourth years in a row, Forbes.com has rated Detroit, Michigan, as the most dangerous city in the country -- with a violent crime rate of 2,137 per 100,000 residents.
Many of the other places on the list are also declining industrial powerhouse cities that have been left ravaged by dwindling blue-collar jobs and rising unemployment.
Widespread: The ten most dangerous cities in the nation are spread out across the East Coast, the Midwest, the South and the West Coast
The unemployment rate is currently 19.6 percent, nearly two and a half times the national average.
Crime is so bad in Detroit that at a recent town hall meeting, Mayor Dave Bing was booed and heckled my is how police officers.
'What are you doing to stop the attack as far as blight, the drugs, the murder?' officer Marcus Cummings demanded, according to the Detroit Free Press.
THE TEN MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN THE COUNTRY
The following is Forbes' list of the ten most dangerous cities in the country, based on the violent crime rate, which lists the number of murders, rapes, robberies and assaults per 100,000 residents.
Detroit has lost more than 200,000 residents in the last decade as citizens fled the blighted city for better-off suburbs with lower crime and better school.
Forbes pointed out that even with the population drop, there were 344 murders last year, compared with 395 in 2001. The police department was forced to fire 200 police officers last year as the city struggled to cope with massive budget shortfalls from declining tax revenue as people left and businesses closed their doors.
Poverty and high unemployment figure prominently among the most violent cities in the nation. Each of them have higher unemployment rates than the rest of the nation.
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Wonder what these cities have in common that makes them so violent?
Detroit was once the industrial capital of the nation. But, decades of economic decline and a ruinous recession have turned the Motor City into America's crime capital.
For the fourth years in a row, Forbes.com has rated Detroit, Michigan, as the most dangerous city in the country -- with a violent crime rate of 2,137 per 100,000 residents.
Many of the other places on the list are also declining industrial powerhouse cities that have been left ravaged by dwindling blue-collar jobs and rising unemployment.
Widespread: The ten most dangerous cities in the nation are spread out across the East Coast, the Midwest, the South and the West Coast
The unemployment rate is currently 19.6 percent, nearly two and a half times the national average.
Crime is so bad in Detroit that at a recent town hall meeting, Mayor Dave Bing was booed and heckled my is how police officers.
'What are you doing to stop the attack as far as blight, the drugs, the murder?' officer Marcus Cummings demanded, according to the Detroit Free Press.
THE TEN MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN THE COUNTRY
The following is Forbes' list of the ten most dangerous cities in the country, based on the violent crime rate, which lists the number of murders, rapes, robberies and assaults per 100,000 residents.
- Detroit, Michigan - 2,137
- St Louis, Missouri - 1,857
- Oakland, California - 1,653
- Memphis, Tennessee - 1,583
- Birmingham, Alabama - 1,483
- Atlanta, Georgia - 1,433
- Baltimore, Maryland - 1,417
- Stockton, California - 1,408
- Cleveland, Ohio - 1,363
- Buffalo, New York - 1,238
Detroit has lost more than 200,000 residents in the last decade as citizens fled the blighted city for better-off suburbs with lower crime and better school.
Forbes pointed out that even with the population drop, there were 344 murders last year, compared with 395 in 2001. The police department was forced to fire 200 police officers last year as the city struggled to cope with massive budget shortfalls from declining tax revenue as people left and businesses closed their doors.
Poverty and high unemployment figure prominently among the most violent cities in the nation. Each of them have higher unemployment rates than the rest of the nation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...us-city-country-fourth-year-row.html#comments
Wonder what these cities have in common that makes them so violent?
