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News: Chicago is USA's most dangerous city
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Chicago is USA's most dangerous city
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CHICAGO — Four men and two women were shot on April 5 last year, then five weeks later a 15-year-old boy and two men were shot.
Another 15-year-old boy and two men were shot in July. Three men were shot on August 21. Three men and a 73-year-old woman were shot in September. Again in September, two boys ages 12 and 16 were shot along with an 18-year-old man. Two women and one man were shot on that same block on Nov. 19.
These mass shootings didn’t happen in Roseburg, Lafayette, Charleston, or Chattanooga but in Chicago’s worst neighborhoods, where—by one measure—it is more dangerous to live than the world’s most-murderous countries.
West Garfield Park, population 18,000, had 21 murders last year, which makes for a homicide rate of 116 per 100,000 people. The world’s leader in murders, Honduras, has a homicide rate of 90, according to the United Nations.
Following West Garfield Park in lethality was West Englewood and its 73.3 murder rate, more than second-place Venezuela with its 53.7 rate. Chicago’s Chatham (58) beats Belize (44.7); Englewood (52.6) outdoes El Salvador (41.2); South Chicago (48) tops Guatemala (39.9). The United States as a whole has 4.5 murders per 100,000.
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And for every person killed by gunfire in Chicago, another four are shot and survive. Last year the city had more than 2,000 shootings and has surpassed that total in 2015. West Garfield Park’s per capita shooting rate was a staggering 411 per 100,000 people, followed closely behind by West Englewood’s 391.5.
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More in the link below:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...s-chicago.html
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Member Since: 11/27/2010
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That's why I don't live there.
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They don't call it Chiraq for nothing
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Mess. And we have people from leaking into my county making some cities more dangerous to be in. Honestly things need to improve before it spreads further.
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Random. I thought Detroit or East Saint Louis was the most dangerous city in America. I knew Chicago was dangerous but not like that
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ya baltimore wins at something
can't wait until this two year position is over
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I've lived here my entire life and have never seen a gun/knife besides the police.
And using "Chiraq" is disgusting
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And this planet is called earth tell us something we don't know.
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So untrue.
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I always thought Camden, NJ was the most dangerous.
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Interesting how most people would guess Baltimore and Detroit as being more dangerous. I think Chicago's safer parts are probably safer than the safe parts of those other cities.
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I try to tell people Detroit is improving and no one ever believes me
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Originally posted by wesleywalrus
I've lived here my entire life and have never seen a gun/knife besides the police.
And using "Chiraq" is disgusting
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How is that possible? I even saw both when I went to Navy Pier several years ago
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http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...urder-capital/
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According to the FBI figures, Flint, Mich., had the highest murder rate of any sizeable U.S. city in 2012, the most recent year available. There were 62 murders per 100,000 population (which, coincidentally, was just about Flint’s estimated population that year). Trailing Flint were Detroit (54.6 murders per 100,000), New Orleans (53.2 per 100,000) and Jackson, Miss., (35.8 per 100,000). Chicago, whose population is several times bigger than any of those cities, came in 21st, with 18.5 murders per 100,000 — nearly quadruple the national average, true, but still nowhere near the highest in the country. (It’s worth noting that New Orleans didn’t report data in 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina
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Originally posted by borntodiethisway
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I was gonna say though, Flint is TERRIBLE
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West Garfield Park
I thought it'd be Detroit.
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Lemme delete my UCHICAGO app real kwick
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Like as long as you stay north of 47th nothing will happen to you
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Originally posted by wesleywalrus
Like as long as you stay north of 47th nothing will happen to you
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That's not even true. Ya'll stay forgetting Rogers Park, Logan Square, and other places. Not to mention, Lincoln Park has the highest rate of car theft.
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