Which is the safest big city in the world?

The Guardian ^ | 05/27/2015

[MeshugeMikey]

well this certainly fits in rather well with the leftists dream of getting everyone to HIVE...doesnt it.??

[cripplecreek]

Japan has a tradition of honor which naturally leads to lower crime rates but cities as a rule are generally places of vice and violence dating back to biblical cities.

[umgud]

What’s the biggest difference between Baltimore and Tokyo?

One has criminals, the other doesn’t.

[Jane Long]

Certainly a leftist slant, to this article....

...The wealth gap also has an important effect on a city’s safety: “There is no safer-city agenda that can proceed without a social-equality agenda,” says Acuto.

And if there’s one factor you might want to consider as a sign of how safe your city is likely to be in future, look to the immigration rate. Studies in the US have shown that, far from what the anti-immigration lobby would have us believe, a city with more immigrants has lower crime rates. A study by Robert J Sampson, professor of social sciences at Harvard University, found that first-generation immigrants were 45% less likely – and second-generation immigrants 22% less likely – to commit violence than third-generation Americans. As Sampson has summed it up: “If you want to be safe, move to an immigrant city.”

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Bleh!

[SeekAndFind]

RE: “If you want to be safe, move to an immigrant city.”

SO, why is Tokyo, a city not known for immigrants the safest city?

[Steely Tom]

I think Singapore is pretty safe.

Pyongyang is really safe.

[Lorianne]

It’s also very homogeneous

[Skooz]

Yep. Not a whole lot of diverthity.

[IYAS9YAS]

Pyongyang is really safe.

The worst I've ever gotten from falling asleep in a meeting is a little ribbing on it. Do it in Pyongyang, and you will be used for target practice.

[safeasthebanks]

"found that first-generation immigrants were 45% less likely – and second-generation immigrants 22% less likely – to commit violence than third-generation Americans. As Sampson has summed it up: “If you want to be safe, move to an immigrant city.”

First of all, as always with the leftys, they make no distinction between LEGAL and ILLEGAL immigrants. I have little doubt that LEGAL immigrants have a fairly low crime rate.

More importantly, seeing as they are talking about big cities, let me dispense with all BS and re-state their premise:

"...found that first-generation HISPANICS were 45% less likely – and second-generation HISPANICS 22% less likely – to commit violence than BLACKS. As Sampson has summed it up: “If you want to be safe, move to an HISPANIC immigrant city WITH A LOW POPULATION OF BLACKS.”

There, much clearer.

[Steely Tom]

The worst I've ever gotten from falling asleep in a meeting is a little ribbing on it. Do it in Pyongyang, and you will be used for target practice.

True.

[Theoria]

The city state of Singapore would rank up there. They also have a vast amount of immigrants. Draconian laws appear to work pretty well. Throw in the obvious cultural pov as well.

[tet68]

Correct answer....NO big city is safe.
I try to avoid them wherever possible.

[pgyanke]

Correct answer....NO big city is safe.

Not really. The real answer is the safest big cities are those that enforce the laws.

[Jane Long]

LOL! The lefty author of the article doesn’t even see the absurdity of his own work.

[mad_as_he$$]

Unless you laugh at the wrong time.

[catnipman]

“What’s the biggest difference between Baltimore and Tokyo?”

I thought it might be that one is made up primarily of African-Americans and the other is made up primarily of Japanese.

[fireman15]

“If you want to be safe, move to an HISPANIC immigrant city WITH A LOW POPULATION OF BLACKS.”

In many parts of the country you are probably correct, but the large urban area in the United States with the highest percentage of “immigrants” is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area with 36.92%. 70.34% of the people in Miami, FL, claim hispanic ethnicity. The area also has one of the highest crime rates in the country which is approximately twice that of Los Angeles with some areas that rival urban paradises such as Detroit.

[umgud]

You’ve noticed that too huh?