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[Orbis Tabula]

Woah. Maine is first? I really thought it would be the most violent, not the least. I mean, that place is full of Mainiacs!

 

[Lord Frieza]

I think Nashville is really high too.

I actually don't think Nashville is too bad overall. It definitely has troubled areas (like I guess any large city does), but I don't think the crime rate is too outrageous, at least last I heard. I don't actively keep up with crime rates and such.

 

[jmdajr]

Alaska second most violent?

Sarah Palin!

 

[LionPride]

I actually don't think Nashville is too bad overall. It definitely has troubled areas (like I guess any large city does), but I don't think the crime rate is too outrageous, at least last I heard. I don't actively keep up with crime rates and such.

Just know Memphis has the highest, but we're actually a really good city that's improving greatly

 

[BruinsMtB]

Been wanting to find a peaceful place to move too and that top list is where I'll be looking at.. How is Maine economically?

Are you employed by trees, the trades or tourism? If not, good luck. As far as 21st century professions you'll have a small pocket in Portland but it's not a big city (about 60K~ people) so you're limited.

 

[Retro]

Delaware?

What?!

Outside of Wilmington, it's more chickens than people.

Inside of Wilmington makes Philly look like... well, Maine, I guess.

 

[Piggus]

I live in anchorage
everyone has a gun + no permit needed to conceal carry (one of three states iirc)
basically the wild west up in here

Gun ownership rate and laws don't seem to necessarily correlate to this outcome that much. A lot of the safer states for example have very lax gun laws. But when you combine those lax gun laws with poverty and other issues that force people into crime, then you have a problem.

Then again yeah, it's Alaska. I can't imagine certain areas of the state are all that well enforced.

 

[j0hnnix]

Are you employed by trees, the trades or tourism? If not, good luck. As far as 21st century professions you'll have a small pocket in Portland but it's not a big city (about 60K~ people) so you're limited.

Ohh sounds like a shutdown. I'm in IT.. Maybe trees need fiber? 😂

 

[adj_noun]

Ok, Washington, everyone smoke more weed until we're at 50.

 

[User1608]

Alright, MA! I love how safe this state is.

 

[teruterubozu]

Been wanting to find a peaceful place to move too and that top list is where I'll be looking at.. How is Maine economically?

Rated 47th in economic recovery since the recession and almost last in job growth. Gov. LePage has been a disaster. #1 economy is tourism and that only lasts less than half a year.

 

[bootsthecat]

Ohh sounds like a shutdown. I'm in IT.. Maybe trees need fiber? ��

NH, baby! IT-focused companies have been popping up/moving here left and right. Southern NH is thriving to say the least. Worst case, you've got the greater Boston area right down the street.

No state income or sales tax coupled with a reasonable cost of living is icing on the cake.

 

[pokeystaples]

Alaska second most violent?

I thought I read several articles about how ridiculously high the number of rape reports are out of Alaska and that there is a BIG problem with alcohol related violence.

 

[j0hnnix]

NH, baby! IT-focused companies have been popping up/moving here left and right. Southern NH is thriving to say the least. Worst case, you've got the greater Boston area right down the street.

No state income or sales tax coupled with a reasonable cost of living is icing on the cake.

Omg this is winning me over.. Im going to plan a vacation there to see it. Ive been wanting to move further North. Just because tired of the heat.
Time to research more about NH.

 

[peaceiscloser]

Utah in the top 5. Represent!

Count me in too. I feel relatively safe here!

 

[Lord Frieza]

Just know Memphis has the highest, but we're actually a really good city that's improving greatly

I haven't been in a a few years, but I always liked Memphis. It's a great city. If it were closer I would probably go there over Knoxville and Nashville. But I was aware it is pretty violent and has a high crime rate.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Pennsylvania right in the middle. We might buy you a beer, we might smash it over your skull. Depends on the cycles of the moon.

 

[Wollan]

Maine is Chtulu country no?

 

[IrishNinja]

Florida in the top 10, yeah!

Go Florida! Top 10 baby!

WE DA BEST
WE TAKIN OVAHH
LISTEENNNNNNNN

 

[Moonkeis]

I can't say I'm surprised Nevada is 5th. The amount of violence just in Vegas alone has been just non stop lately.

 

[The Technomancer]

Minnesota that low sounds about right

 

[Sayter]

I bet LA is the soul reason California is where it is on the list.

 

[siddx]

I lived in maine for years and go there every summer. I have a hard time believing this. Violence on a scale of say murder is rare. But sexual assault, molestation, breaking and entering, and assault are very common.

 

[Matsukaze]

Pennsylvania right in the middle. We might buy you a beer, we might smash it over your skull. Depends on the cycles of the moon.

Yup yup. Knew before even clicking the thread that PA would be somewhere in the 20s.

 

[lenovox1]

Damn, my TN is number 3. I never would've thought that. And Alaska number 2, the hell? Louisiana being 1 isn't super shocking, though.

Of course fucking Maine would be the least violence. Dammed Murder, She Wrote watching state.

Between the Jackson Metro and the Memphis Metro, West TN is one of the most violent areas per capita in the country.

Just know Memphis has the highest, but we're actually a really good city that's improving greatly

I believe the Jackson, TN area has an even higher violent crime rate per capita.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

TN at #3........sigh

 

[lenovox1]

I can't say I'm surprised Nevada is 5th. The amount of violence just in Vegas alone has been just non stop lately.

That and there is a lot of small firearm ownership in Nevada. Which also likely explains Alaska's placement on the list.

 

[bomma_man]

I know absolutely nothing about Delaware apart from diamond Joe but its ranking is surprising.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Stay average, New York....

I'm shocked to see Alaska up there. Holy shit, too cold for that.

I thought it'd just be drinking for warmth and fucking for warmth.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I know absolutely nothing about Delaware apart from diamond Joe but its ranking is surprising.

I've always heard it was bad but didn't know how bad.

 

[Retro]

I know absolutely nothing about Delaware apart from diamond Joe but its ranking is surprising.

Newsweek once called Wilmington "Murder Town USA".

With a population of just over 71,000, Wilmington had a violent-crime rate of 1,625 per 100,000 people last year, according to the FBI’s 2013 Uniform Crime Report (that crime rate measures murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault). The national average was 368 per 100,000 people. Wilmington ranks third for violence among 450 cities of comparable size, behind the Michigan towns of Saginaw and Flint, according to a Wilmington News Journal report.

That said, you get away from I-95 and all you'll see is suburbs and farmland except for Dover (which is a hole) and the beaches (which are amazing). There's nice places north and east of Wilmington too, which is where Biden lives.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Yay i saw the state I live in!

win some, lose some I guess.

Spoiler

29

 

[BruinsMtB]

I lived in maine for years and go there every summer. I have a hard time believing this. Violence on a scale of say murder is rare. But sexual assault, molestation, breaking and entering, and assault are very common.

What part of Maine? My town growing up didn't even have a police force

 

[bomma_man]

Newsweek once called Wilmington "Murder Town USA".



That said, you get away from I-95 and all you'll see is suburbs and farmland except for Dover (which is a hole) and the beaches (which are amazing). There's nice places north and east of Wilmington too, which is where Biden lives.

Damn, worse than flint? Crazy.

 

[SunEatsMoon]

Yup, I love NH (except for our shitty winters). Been here for most of my life. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else except maybe Maine.

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

Arizona at 10? Am I missing something, only lived there for three years but still, it wasn't too bad where I was, sort of.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

I didn't think VA would be at 29, especially living in Norfolk... Lol

Yeah, especially if you consider how much of a shithole the area around VCU is.

 

[melonrabbit]

What the fuck is going on in Alaska?

 

[Vyrance]

Not bad for Florida, I honestly expected worse

 

[diehard]

whats with all the neogaf people from Utah?

It's getting kinda weird.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

Alaska...how in the fuck is Alaska the second most violent state in the country?

 

[Nephtes]

Louisiana at 1 but Illinois at 20 doesn't seem to make sense to me...
I mean all anyone talks about is how much violence is going on in Chicago right?

Numbers probably skewed because our firearms in Louisiana are legaly held and reported vs. in Chicago where most of the guns are probably held illegally...

That's what I'm telling myself so I can sleep at night anyway...

And now I'm going to the store to buy more shotgun shells...

 

[Abounder]

Really surprised to see Texas all the way down at 15

Don't mess with Texans, ya'll

 

[ToraShiro]

I bet LA is the soul reason California is where it is on the list.

Pft, as an Angelino I'm flipping that script and blaming it on the 909.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

AZ rounding out the top 10. Yooo... :|

 

[voodoojohn]

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[Angelus Errare]

Alaska doesn't even have a population of 1m. Must be killing each other out of boredom.

This just in: homogenous places with money aren't violent.

I mean Alaska is like 75% white and they get state checks like every month (or is it annually) just for living there.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Alaska doesn't even have a population of 1m. Must be killing each other out of boredom.

Sarah Palin actually turned the Alaska Permanent Fund into a tontine, so that's pretty much where most of the murders come from.

 

[SchrodingerC]

What is with Delaware? Hardly any news comes out of that state.

 

[TestOfTide]

Make me feel even safer to be a New Englander.