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    25 Most Dangerous Cities and Neighborhoods

    So first up is cities.

    According to THIS story on business insider

    Violent crime rose in the U.S. in 2012 for the first time in six years, according to preliminary crime data released by the FBI.

    Business Insider analyzed the report to determine the cities with the most violent crime per capita. In the three years we have published this ranking, many cities have repeatedly made the list.

    From the decaying Rust Belt, Flint, Mich. emerged as the most dangerous city in 2012, 2011, and 2010, according to our analysis.

    Detroit, Mich.; Oakland, Calif.; and St. Louis, Mo. were also consistently among the most dangerous cities.

    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/most-...#ixzz2arIR2QFj

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    Milwaukee WI
    Hartford CT
    Atlanta GA
    Minneapolis MN
    Kansas City MO
    New Haven CT
    Dayton OH
    Buffalo, NY
    Stockton CA
    Cincinnati OH
    Baton Rouge LA
    Little Rock AR
    Memphis TN
    Philadelphia PA
    Newark NJ
    Baltimore MD
    Jackson MS
    St Louis MO
    Cleveland OH
    New Orleans LA
    Bridgeport CT
    Oakland CA
    Detroit MI
    Flint MI


    This is the list for 2012 based on the 2011 UCR from the FBI
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    25 most dangerous neighborhoods

    Original story HERE at shotgun news

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    Now with any rankings based on statistics you can tear apart the numbers seven ways from Sunday. Lots of things from isolated crime events to how the locality defines "a city" can effect the numbers.

    That said, I thought both of these lists painted an interesting picture of some of the more dangerous parts of the country.

    How close are you to any of these locations?

    Could wayward adventurers from these areas head your direction should a SHTF event make their locale more unpleasant than normal?

    How do these lists effect your prepping, if at all?
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    The closest city is about 3 hours from here. We do pass thru a couple of the neighbor hoods on the way to my sisters. Also one of the cities is about 30 minutes from my nephews when we visit him. Up north some of the family in laws lives in or close to the top 2 on the list. I don't care to go to those areas and usually have extensive preps on board when we do.

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    We are two hours away from Detroit if it wasn't for dh's job we'd be still struggling there.Trouble is we are 10-15 minutes from State Capital and the scum living there.But I saw ,don't remember the site that we are in a supposed safe area and the thinking was that the looters will think someone else raided the house and by pass us and go farther into subdivision and hit the rest of the houses. It sounds lgoofy , I don't subscribe to that idea just have to keep planning and prepping.

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    I'm 4 hours from Houston. But crime is everywhere, I just keep preparing like normal. We live in an incomplete neighborhood with about 12 vacant lots that have yet to be built on, and 3 under construction with 2 more sold and to be built soon, so I always expect the construction sites to attract some crime, and maybe even bring in some less than desirable contractors out for a quick buck on a theft.
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    That is interesting, Texas has 3 of the largest cities in the U.S., but none of them make the list. If I am not mistaken Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio make the top 10 list of largest cities.

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    Crime is very rare in my town, of course it helps to have less than 300 people in the town.
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    Quote Originally Posted by helomech View Post
    That is interesting, Texas has 3 of the largest cities in the U.S., but none of them make the list. If I am not mistaken Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio make the top 10 list of largest cities.

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    Crime is very rare in my town, of course it helps to have less than 300 people in the town.
    My policy is... "Expect your neighborhood to be bad, or get bad, then you won't be disappointed"
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    Quote Originally Posted by ak474u View Post
    My policy is... "Expect your neighborhood to be bad, or get bad, then you won't be disappointed"
    Well my closest neighbor is set up better than me, is 90 years old and almost 2 miles away, I think I am fine. If the shtf no one will be able to drive a vehicle within 4 miles of my house within a couple hours. But that being said, other than the 90 year old neighbor there is only 1 other person I trust for the next 400 miles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by helomech View Post
    Well my closest neighbor is set up better than me, is 90 years old and almost 2 miles away, I think I am fine. If the shtf no one will be able to drive a vehicle within 4 miles of my house within a couple hours. But that being said, other than the 90 year old neighbor there is only 1 other person I trust for the next 400 miles.
    That 90 year old could be the head of a MZB gang. 90 is the new 80. Lol
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