Here's the web page that Charlie has nominated for his formulations. These figures make defy anybodies common sense. I've attempted to copy the figures, but if they don't copy, here's the url for the website page in question: http://www.bestplaces.net/crime/crime.aspx?Lcity=2758000&Rcity=3651000&= Look at the aggravated assault figures. It says that you are just as likely to be assulted in a city with 7 1/2 million people as you are with a city of a 1/4 million people! Car thefts? I suppose that 7 1/2 million people bought less cars that St. Paul's 1/4 million? Must not be many car dealers in NYC. I would guess from this that there is no traffic congestion in NYC either! Look at the larceny figures. There's over 200% more larceny crimes going in St. Paul than in NYC. Unbelievable! Women better move to NYC as rape in St. Paul is 400% higher than NYC Unbelievable! >From these figures, I would gather that we are really a wild bunch in St. Paul and crime is running rampant. We better all move to NYC! As long as this was posted on list, I will respond in kind. I would prefer the off list approach if only because the group has moved on to other things. Rowdy Russ Hanson. The Truth in St. Paul. St. Paul, MN and New York, NY  2001 FBI Uniform Crime Reports (released 11/02)  Crime rates higher than the national average are displayed in red. Crimes per 100,000 population Natl. average St. Paul, MN New York, NY Population 114,967 263,937 7,746,511 Violent Crimes murder, rape, robbery & assault 506.1 906.7 977.8 Property Crimes burglary, larceny & auto theft 3,617.9 6,185.5 2,744.8 Murder 5.5 7.6 8.7 Forcible rape 32.0 84.5 21.0 Robbery 144.9 287.2 420.3 Aggravated assault 323.6 527.4 527.7 Burglary 728.4 1,173.4 479.1 Larceny-theft 2,475.3 4,255.9 1,802.9 Motor vehicle theft 414.2 756.2 462.8 Arson 32.2 n/a n/a Message: 1 Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:05:09 -0800 (PST) From: M Charles Swope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] Re: Res: Mr Parker and Swope and others .... To: popman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mr. Hanson's self-proclaimed "common sense" tells him that crime on a proportional basis must be far, far worse in NYC than in lil ol down home St. Paul. When the facts as represented by the FBI's crime statistics say he's dead wrong, he asks us to believe his "common sense" rather than the facts. I think "Hanson sense" might be a better term for this than "common sense." And, incidentally, St. Paul's higher car theft statistics make perfect sense, common or otherwise. You'll remember Mr. Hanson cited these as showing that the reported statistics must be wrong since they went counter to his own intuition. There's a simple and logical explanation for this. There are fewer cars proportionally in NYC than in St. Paul. It shouldn't be surprising to anyone with a grasp on reality that their would be propotionally fewer car thefts in NYC than in St. Paul. Finally, I find nit surprising that an avowed anti-capitalist like Mr. Hanson would begrudge good union people like our policeman a living wage. Charlie Swope Ward 1 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
