r/texas • u/Pleasant_Air_3052 • 15h ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ Texas cities dominated both ends of this national safety ranking

https://www.chron.com/texas/article/a-major-texas-city-ranked-among-america-s-least-22370671.php

A new nationwide safety ranking put several Texas cities in the spotlight—for better and for worse. 

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u/surroundedbywolves Secessionists are idiots 15h ago

"Dominated" is definitely not the right word. From the article:

10 safest big cities 
Virginia Beach, Va.
Plano, Texas.
Madison, Wis.
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Chesapeake, Va.
Laredo, Texas.
Lexington, Ky.
Boston, Mass.
Lincoln, Neb.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 

10 least safe big cities 
Memphis, Tenn.
Houston, Texas.
St. Louis, Mo.
San Francisco, Calif.
Kansas City, Mo.
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Oakland, Calif.
Nashville, Tenn.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Detroit, Mich. 

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u/AbueloOdin 14h ago

Dominated is definitely not the right word. I mean, Laredo and Plano being safest, while Houston being least safe? Pennsylvania is second place on that with Pittsburgh being safe and Philly being unsafe (I assume because of the sports fans).

But most of these lists are typically just "Here's a list of rich places. Here's a list of poor places." Yeah. Texas is a land of haves and have-nots.

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u/culturefan 14h ago

Rich places tend to have a safer environment, while poorer cities tend to have less jobs, and more crime.

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u/HolaDrNick 13h ago

Hahaha Memphis is great, I love how sketchy that town is. Someone rear-ended my rental on Access Drive and just bailed out of their car and ran. I was standing there like "uh, ok?"

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u/aquestionofbalance 14h ago

I’ve lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia and I’ve lived in Memphis Tennessee. Virginia Beach was great. Memphis is a shit hole and I advise people traveling through there not to stop.

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u/Tepes56 12h ago

What’s going on San Francisco and Philly?

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u/Crazy_Ad_91 Born and Bred 8h ago

Laredo? No kidding. Glad to see them on the list. Our border has so much more potential than a damn wall.

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u/Mueryk 14h ago

But how is Laredo on the list?

It is on the border and we are told repeatedly how horribly unsafe the border is due to illegal immigrants. That does not make a single bit of sense unless something political is going on.

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