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Some Internet thing labels North 13th Street the sixth most dangerous hood in America. Suck it, Badlands.
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Some Internet thing labels North 13th Street the sixth most dangerous hood in America. Suck it, Badlands.
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I can't vouch for the credibility of WalletPop or Neighborhood Scout or the methodology they're using, but I'll pass this along, anyway:
For the second year in a row, using exclusive data developed by Dr. Andrew Schiller's team at NeighborhoodScout.com, and based on FBI data from all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, WalletPop reveals the top 25 most dangerous neighborhoods with the highest predicted rates of violent crime in America.
No. 1 is a hood in Chicago. No. 2, Cleveland. Nos. 3 and 4 (and 8), Las Vegas (who knew?). No. 5, the ATL.
And then there's No. 6: North 13th Street, or more specifically, the area bounded by Green Street to the south, Poplar to the north, Broad Street to the west, and 10th Street to the east. According to NeighborhoodScout, this 'hood has a median home value of $101, 973; according to WallePop, you have a 1 in 9 shot (pun unintentional) of being a victim of violent crime here in a year. (That's compared to a 1 in 19 shot citywide, which, let's be honest, is still a bit frightening.) Other thing worth noting: 92 percent of the nation's school districts are rated as being better than ours.
Yikes.
Missing? The Badlands, which has either cleaned up its act (relatively speaking) — and is now less dangerous than No. 25, a neighborhood in my old home of Orlando called Parramore (which is, unsurprisingly if you're familiar with how these things are done in the south, a mostly black neighborhood named after a Confederate general) — or WalletPop just overlooked it.
that's kinda interesting. I've been at 12th and Green every tuesday night at a bar called the institute for the past 4 months or so and have never seen anything remotely scary.
I was in a bike accident last year on 12th and Brown and the neighbors there were very friendly and caring. They helped me up and even called an ambulance. However I had to leave my bike there overnight. When I came back the next morning, after just one night!, it had been completely ransacked for parts
surprised the area northwest of temple isn't listed
that is absurd. there is no way in hell that that area is nearly as bad as almst any block in the "badlands". total bullshit. whoever made this list must be referencing some faulty statistics, or just talking directly out of their own ass. just go to sommerset and any of the lettered streets. it's like a ghost town, with junky apparitions floating up and down the streets like plastic bags on a windy day. the only people in sight are either copping or selling dope, and when that sun sets on that narcotic wonderland, gun shots ring out like satans dinerbell. vegas? i'm sure theres a place like that in nevada, right next to the field of money tress and the office for free health care
This owes to the PHA housing sites in the area, managed out of John F. Street Community Center at 11th & Poplar -- Richard Allen & Cambridge Mall. Obviously this isn't one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Philadelphia, but if the neighborhood list was compiled using federal crime statistics serious home crimes like manufacturing of drugs et al. are much more likely to be represented in a 'slum' with management than without. Methodologies used for these sorts of analysis (apples & oranges) are almost always flawed.
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