2012-06-19
Forbes just posted its "Most Dangerous Cities" list, which is based on 2010 crime data for murder, violent crime, theft, and carjacking in a metropolitan area. I live just outside of the Detroit area, which not surprisingly is #1 with the most murders per capita of any U.S. city; but surprisingly, Las Vegas comes in at #9 on this list. What do you make of this and what's your take on it? We have been visiting the Strip and downtown for 10 years and, except for one incident, we have never had any problems. (I was assaulted--choked--on a bus by a drunk several years ago. It happened during the daytime rush hour on an extremely overcrowded "Deuce" bus. The drunk thought I was talking about him and staring at him--I wasn't.)