+MissJenn Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Check out this site for the city you live in. http://www.city-data.com/ Dale I thought some of us in the Northeast Forum might enjoy this post quoted from General Geocaching Discussions -> Getting Started -> Your City: I know I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 (edited) I checked it out....but I'm a bit concerned how they interpret the data. They labeled Ocean City, MD as one of the top 100 high crime towns...I used to live there, I know thats not true. The population is only at most 10,000 in the winter, but then it gets a 9,000,000 tourist influx between may & september. I also found that they did not list Reading, PA as one of the top highest crime cities in the US, recently we were found in the top 25 across the nation in one of the national publications, don't remember which one it was. Somewhere, the data is a bit skewed....hmmmm, but it is cool to look at! Edited December 27, 2003 by Ce'Nedra Quote Link to comment
+Frolickin Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 They labeled Ocean City, MD as one of the top 100 high crime towns...I used to live there, I know thats not true. The population is only at most 10,000 in the winter, but then it gets a 9,000,000 tourist influx between may & september. That is similar to the Jersey Shore. Stone Harbor used to have the highest crime rate in NJ. If you have ever been there, you know that is skewed. Just like your OC example, the population swells during tourist season. Crime is all crime, not just violent crime. It seems that Stone Harbor used to (probably still does) have a problem with stolen bicycles. In Cape May it was drunk and disorderly. Anyhow, these ""crimes" are based on year-round populations. It is very easy to skew the rates. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 Somewhere, the data is a bit skewed....hmmmm, but it is cool to look at! Hmmm ... Ce'Nedra, thanks for looking at the data objectively and pointing those issues out. I guess we need to take what we see with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Hey Jenn... Love the avatar!! Where do you come up with these things???!!! LOL! Quote Link to comment
+programmer64 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I kinda like the site, the info may be innacurate to some degree but this is old data. Quote Link to comment
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