I live in Cincinnati...we always have had a thing for Cleveland...we call them "the mistake beside the lake"...seriously..until recently, I wouldn't have thought they had any more crime than any other large city...was I ever wrong! ^i^
Ha! You should hear what we say about Cincinnati! :floorlaugh:
Actually, Cincinnati has the higher murder rate - 20.5 vs. Cleveland 18.6 per 100,000 citizens.
Higher than these two are New Orleans, Detroit, St. Louis, Newark, Baltimore, Oakland, and of course Washington DC.
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Murder is a problem for most large cities these days, though its actually declined in recent years. Certain crimes, like this guy, catch a lot of news media attention, giving a distorted picture. Cleveland is pretty nice actually, just stay away from the east side of the city.