Don't fly here...

The list of the "Ten Most Dangerous Cities in America" was released
today.

Listed as the most dangerous cities a Camden, New Jersey; Detroit,
Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia;
Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary,
Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama.

At the other end of the scale, the safest cities are named as: Newton,
Massachusetts; Clarkstown, New York; Amherst, New York; Mission Viejo,
California; Brick Township, New Jersey; Troy, Michigan; Thousand Oaks,
California; Round Rock, Texas; Lake Forest, California; Cary, North
Carolina.

Strangely, I've flown into three of the ten worst -- and none of the
best! (Although I've visited Mission Viejo...)

Anyone regularly fly out of any of these cities? Are they as bad as
they make them sound?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
The list of the "Ten Most Dangerous Cities in America" was released
today.

Listed as the most dangerous cities a Camden, New Jersey; Detroit,
Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia;
Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary,
Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama.

At the other end of the scale, the safest cities are named as: Newton,
Massachusetts; Clarkstown, New York; Amherst, New York; Mission Viejo,
California; Brick Township, New Jersey; Troy, Michigan; Thousand Oaks,
California; Round Rock, Texas; Lake Forest, California; Cary, North
Carolina.

Strangely, I've flown into three of the ten worst -- and none of the
best! (Although I've visited Mission Viejo...)

Anyone regularly fly out of any of these cities? Are they as bad as
they make them sound?

Lake Forest, Mission Viejo and Thousand Oaks in California, and Cary in
North Carolina don't have airports. Is this a list of cities by crime rate?

If it's possible to fly out of Cary, I'd like to know, I live just
outside the city limits!

-jav

I suspect they all have heliports at their hospitals. So yes, people
fly in and out of these cities. It also may be possible to land and
take off on private land or a private lake.

Lake Forest, Mission Viejo and Thousand Oaks in California, and Cary in
North Carolina don't have airports. Is this a list of cities by crime rate?

If it's possible to fly out of Cary, I'd like to know, I live just
outside the city limits!

Here's the link:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/21/cam....ap/index.html

I stumbled across it while searching for news on the Nike jet with the
gear problem...

It seems that many of the "best" towns don't have airports, sad to
say...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I live in Round Rock, Texas. There's no airport here. But, the crime rate
is low, we have the reputation of putting criminals in prison for a long
time. And, the criminals know this and do their business elsewhere.

Listed as the most dangerous cities a Camden, New Jersey; Detroit,
Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia;
Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary,
Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama.


It is interesting to note that one of the top 10 safest,Troy,
Michigan, is ~30 miles from Detroit.

Jerry

I spent most of my life in St. Louis. Personally, I don't understand why
St.Louis was selected as one of the most dangerous cities. I have seen the
good side and the bad side of this town. I considered the Southside of
Chicago, and several towns near Pittsburgh are more dangerous than
St.Louis. So, I have to say that St. Louis is not as bad as reported by CNN.
I support this statement based on what I personally have seen.

--
Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The list of the "Ten Most Dangerous Cities in America" was released
today.

Listed as the most dangerous cities a Camden, New Jersey; Detroit,
Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia;
Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary,
Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama.

At the other end of the scale, the safest cities are named as: Newton,
Massachusetts; Clarkstown, New York; Amherst, New York; Mission Viejo,
California; Brick Township, New Jersey; Troy, Michigan; Thousand Oaks,
California; Round Rock, Texas; Lake Forest, California; Cary, North
Carolina.

Strangely, I've flown into three of the ten worst -- and none of the
best! (Although I've visited Mission Viejo...)

Anyone regularly fly out of any of these cities? Are they as bad as
they make them sound?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

One nice thing about flying into "dangerous" places via GA is that you
can pack your pistol without any hassles. :^)

Jay,

I am quite familiar with quite a few cities on both list having
lived in Michigan, Massachusetts, New York and have brothers and
sisters spread out from the East Coast to West Coast. If you fly
commerical airlines, many times, you don't have any choices but to land
at big airports in the so-called crime cities. Unless one get really
lost, got off the wrong exit etc and wander into bad neighborhoods,
thousands and thousands of passengers have safely flown in and out of
Detroit, St. Louis etc.

Small GA airports can locate anywhere big or small cities but from
my limited flying experience in the last 5 years, most appear to locate
in nice areas free of crimes.

Of course it is expected that big cities with many ghetto areas are
not as safe as tony suburbs. Your average criminal don't live in
expensive neighborhood and the rich tax base helps to provide good
local services including police protection. Sometimes it seems that
too much wealth is concentrated in too few areas. Of course poverty is
no excuse for crimes but there is a strong linkage. It's the chicken or
the egg question.

Hai Longworth

Anyone regularly fly out of any of these cities? Are they as bad as
they make them sound?

I live in Richmond; perhaps someone saw my flying and bumped us up on the
list?

We're slipping though; I think at one time we were second only to D.C.. We
can't seem to do anything right.

But seriously, it sure doesn't seem as bad as you might expect. Every town
has it's problem areas, and ours is obviously no exception, but it has
enough good things about it to warrant staying and helping it improve. Most
people I know who move to greener pastures end up right back here.