The thing about murder rates is, I really only want to know the number of people who got killed by strangers. It's easy for me to convince myself that no one I know would kill me.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 11, 2005 12:41:43 pm PDT #7458 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2005 12:42:26 pm PDT #7459 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's easy for me to convince myself that no one I know would kill me.
I don't know -- when wee fists of rage get going ...
Cass - Aug 11, 2005 12:42:45 pm PDT #7460 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Awww, these housing figures are from 2000. They are like wee little tiny numbers compared to median costs now. Like wee little numbers that were divided by two or three. t weeps
JZ - Aug 11, 2005 12:44:03 pm PDT #7461 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The town where I spent my early childhood, Orinda, is 84.4% white, has a bare handful of Chinese and Japanese Americans, a smattering of other Asian ethnicities, and no Black people at all. Median income is $117,000/year. 97.8% have graduated high school, 73.9% college, and 34.3% beyond.
The town where I spent the rest of my childhood, Walnut Creek, is 80% white, 6% Hispanic, 1.1% Black (the site notes that this is significantly (their emphasis) below the state average), and a tiny tiny hint of everyone else. Median income $63,000. 95% of the folks have HS degrees, 54% bachelor's, 20% beyond.
San Francisco is 43.6% white and contains a sizeable chunk of just about everyone else, with Irish being the single largest ancestry for white folks. Median income as of 2000 was $55,000. 81% of us finished high school, 45% college, and 16.4% something above and beyond.
Lee - Aug 11, 2005 12:44:08 pm PDT #7462 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
For Belmont in 2002:
0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
10 rapes (38.4 per 100,000)
10 robberies (38.4 per 100,000)
70 assaults (268.8 per 100,000)
199 burglaries (764.0 per 100,000)
224 larceny counts (860.0 per 100,000)
40 auto thefts (153.6 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 187.4 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
(and that is an increase from 2001)
I think this is my favorite so far:
Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes
brenda m - Aug 11, 2005 12:44:49 pm PDT #7463 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
LA:
654 murders (17.1 per 100,000)
1,415 rapes (36.9 per 100,000)
Pretty sure Milwaukee beats that easily.
ETA: 111 murders (18.3 per 100,000); 326 rapes (53.8 per 100,000)
It's easy for me to convince myself that no one I know would kill me.
Or at any rate, that I deserved it.
msbelle - Aug 11, 2005 12:46:01 pm PDT #7464 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
my zip code:
Population (2000): 71,308 Zip code 11372 satellite photo by USGS Housing units: 25,398 Land area: 0.7 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
White population: 35617 Black population: 2074 American Indian population: 452 Asian population: 12220 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 62 Some other race population: 15892 Two or more races population: 4991
Urban population: 71308 Rural population: 0
Median age: 34.8 Average household size: 2.86 Median household income (1999): $39084
tommyrot - Aug 11, 2005 12:46:52 pm PDT #7465 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So far I think I'm ahead in the "whitest home town" game....
P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2005 12:46:53 pm PDT #7466 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I can't remember how white we are, but 47% have a bachelor's.
Also, the way they do distance is confusing to me. Is it from the center of Downtown? Because they have Boeing Field as being 8 miles from the city, but it's within city limits, and the north end of it is 5 miles from downtown, seeing as that's where I live and all.
JZ - Aug 11, 2005 12:46:59 pm PDT #7467 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Also, no crime stats listed for San Francisco. Whuh?