I agree. I am reminded of Mr. Haney in Green Acres, a country yokel who was always trying to screw Oliver (Eddie Albert). The only place in the South where I feel comfortable is Southeast Florida ( Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach counties). At least there, I know that most matters can be handled with the discreet passage of a $50 bill.
I’d rather ogle cocktail waitresses in Vegas.
Just curious, but what exactly do you think you’re at greater risk of happening to you in a rural or “country” setting that you don’t already face in urban New York or New Jersey or those FL counties you mentioned? You seem to feel safer in areas with higher crime rates.
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Yes, I’ve seen that population weighted map. But do you seriously think there’s less crime in New Jersey than in rural Tennessee?
Alaska and New Mexico appear to be high crime states.
Because the map is weighted by population. Yet, I’d be far more concerned about a bear attack or freezing to death than I would be about violent crime walking across the majority of Alaska. The few metro areas excluded.
A map showing the total number of violent crimes committed, regardless of population, would probably be the inverse of this map.
That map is how I look at it, basically what’s the % chance of me being a victim.
Your chances of encountering crime generally go up with population density.
Not according to the data. If a state has 1000 people and they’re all victims is much higher likelihood than a state with a million and there are 10,000 victims, right? 100% vs. 1%? I know which state I’d choose.
LA is safer than anywhere in New Mexico if you look at it like that.
Knowing I was a small percentage of the total population wouldn’t help my feelings much if I was getting carjacked.
Yep, exactly right. The chance of me being a victim is lower. That’s what matters to me.
Do you seriously think that there are more people in rural Tennessee than in NJ?
The only way to measure things like this on a level playing field is to take the incidence of crimes per capita into account.
Can you provide a link to this map? I can’t find it on the FBI’s site. I’d like to see if there is a county-by-county breakdown. I think that data would be more informative.
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Silly. Test your theory. Spend a week in the streets in a metro area vs a rural area. Your chances of encountering violent crime will be higher in the metro area. Percentage of population won’t matter.
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I feel safer in areas with professional police departments, reliable cell service, the type of people I grew up with so I can"read" them better.
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It’s not a level playing field. Why do you need a level playing field? More people, more crime.
I think I feel a lot safer in NYC at 2AM than anyplace in Tennessee.
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If by ‘encountering’ you mean ‘being a victim’, then you’re wrong. See my example above. 100% vs. 1%. If by ‘encountering’ you mean ‘a crime might be committed where you’ll be aware of it’, then you might be right, but that’s not a measure of my personal safety.
Why? NYC has less crime than TN?