Safer in the city?

[Handley_Page]

"People often think that the big city is a dangerous place: they worry that they might get murdered, for instance. Being killed on purpose is more likely in town, according to new research, but it is so rare compared to dying in an accident of some type that in fact you would be much more likely to die unexpectedly in the countryside - in America, anyway."

Take a look at THIS, please.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Incidents in the country are riskier but the probability of incidents is greater in the city.

 

[oggbashan]

Following the links from the link, apparently Hot Tubs are lethal.

 

[oggbashan]

Years ago I was beta-testing a geographical software program that was supposed to colour code indices of relative deprivation.

The "worst" areas in our county were apparently the rural communities. I looked at the raw data and the formulae used to produce the colour coding.

I could understand that there was a lesser availability of public transport, fewer doctor's surgeries, more sparsely provided shops, post offices, service providers etc in rural areas. But the program didn't consider population densities, only land area.

If I analysed the data by population per square mile, in many areas rural communities had a higher provision of doctors, shops etc per 1000 people than in the urban areas, more buses per 1000 etc.

But one aspect of the original program stumped me. It marked down rural areas for lack of access to ethnic community cultural centres. Why?

Should an ethnic community cultural centre be provided even if there were no members of an ethnic community? Apparently.

It reminded me of my daughter's boyfriend who moved with her to a sleepy rural town from Central London. In London his extreme blackness was unremarkable. In the rural town he was literally the only black in town. (Not now. This was twenty years ago.)

He was regarded with suspicion and outright fear until he tried out for the town's cricket team. He was a demon bowler who helped the team to a decade of local successes. When younger he had been tried out for the MCC, and a near selection.

The only people now afraid of him were the opposing batsmen. At well over six feet tall, 300 very fit pounds yet fast on his feet, delivering cricket balls at high speed and devastating accuracy, he was one of the town's heroes.

But he didn't have his own ethnic cultural community centre. He did have the Cricket Club and the local public houses. Often after yet another decimation of the cricketing opposition he had difficulty buying his own beer. Was he deprived by the lack of his ethnic culture?

Apparently not. But he and his parents were black Cockneys, born and bred within the sound of Bow Bells.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I argue that ETHNIC CENTERS work to segregate minorities and oppose integration.

I noted it before now on other threads: The state agency I worked for handled blacks like this, the agency had two affirmative action conveyer belts that transported black employees from newbie to fired. The turnover was relentless; blacks came in the door, marched up the ladder of success to a non-Career Service Assistant Administrator slot, and were dismissed when their position wasn't funded with the new budget.

Superficially the agency recruited and hired plenty of blacks, promoted all of them with regularity, and spit them out once they were seduced to accept a high level management position.

 

[lovecraft68]

"People often think that the big city is a dangerous place: they worry that they might get murdered, for instance. Being killed on purpose is more likely in town, according to new research, but it is so rare compared to dying in an accident of some type that in fact you would be much more likely to die unexpectedly in the countryside - in America, anyway."

Take a look at THIS, please.

Don't rain on my parade. My long term goal is to leave shit hole RI and live in some nice quite small town where I would most likely be the bad element.

I have had it with the fucking city.

 

[Bramblethorn]

"You do know there are more guns in the country than there are in the city. Everyone and their mums is packin' round here!"

"Like who?"

"Farmers."

"Who else?"

"Farmers' mums."

- one of my favourite movies.

 

[TE999]

I'll take the country over the city any day. Cities make me itch. Too goddamn many people crammed together in concrete canyons and steel and glass monoliths; not to mention the traffic, noise, smells and sense of feeling trapped in a seething maelstrom of humanity.

I live in a small town an that's good enough for me.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'll take the country over the city any day. Cities make me itch. Too goddamn many people crammed together in concrete canyons and steel and glass monoliths; not to mention the traffic, noise, smells and sense of feeling trapped in a seething maelstrom of humanity.

I live in a small town an that's good enough for me.

And John Cougar Mellencamp as well

 

[D_Lynn]

I'll never regret moving to the country. And I do feel much safer out here. But it is true, everyone is a-packin'.

Because in our humble state of...

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Let's see...I've lived in the city, on the outskirts of a big city, still within the city limits. I've lived in the 'burbs. I've lived in the sticks, boonies, whatever you want to call it. While I liked the country, it was a farm in Ky., I prefer the 'burbs . Reason? Things are closer that I need. Stores, automotive repair, etc.

Living on the farm, it was a 10 mile drive to the nearest gas station/repair shop. It was a 30 mile drive to the grocery store and a 40 mile drive to the nearest general store, until the Wal-mart was built in the town 30 miles away. Yes we were pretty well isolated, although we did have ISDN lines and it was cheap, until they put in DSL.

Cable is non-existent out here.

And even though I live in what would technically be the 'burbs, I did like the isolation - at the time - of the farm. Now however, I need things to be closer.

It's crappy getting old.