Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > i looked up phoenix where i lived for a while in the late 80s-early > 90s. > i thought it was a great city, beautiful, clean, and full of friendly > people and beautiful photographic opportunities. > > car theft was high even then (my car was broken into twice in the same > 6 month period), and because of this insurance was as expensive as > in new york. this was a real surprise to me. > > but i am shocked to see murder 224% of the national average. i saw > in a piece on foxnews that gangs from mexico are kidnapping and even > beheading people in phx. (don't know how sensationalized that > angle is). when i was there, i didn't think phoenix had that > level of a violence problem, though i beleive it was a problem in > tucson. surprising news to me, but appears that it's news that is 6 years old... news travels slow here, sounds like fox news is right on it, just as they are on most things... Steve > > compare this with new york city, where > murder is 96% of the national average, and all property crimes > are 1/2 the national average. when i grew up, new york was > pretty much like the new york of "the out-of-towners" but it's > astonishingly reformed since giuliani. > > -rei > > > > On Mar30 11:29, Phil Swango wrote: >> Tina wrote:But you can read that about any city, anywhere. Just go >> to the >> Crime >> Statistics page: >> http://www.cityrating.com/crimestatistics.asp >> >> >> Thanks for that link, Tina. Great resource. Some surprises in >> there too if >> you poke around. >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information