Something is missing here (maybe it’s me). Are they only measuring change through polling? There is no mention of Chicago or Detroit. This may be the result of having larger populations to dilute the danger (via statistics)?
The cities represented have comparably smaller populations. So that might factor in.
Nor is there any mention of what is considered "violent crime"...........
Nah, I don't give any credibility to these types of polls since they can be skewed in any way they want........
While I live just north of Detroit, I wouldn't drive thru any Det. neighborhoods at night unless I absolutely had to.
For what it's worth, I worked in a manufacturing plant on Detroit's east side for almost 35 years and during that time, over a dozen employees I personally knew were either shot or lost to murders.....
The plant closed at the end of 2006 and since that time, the crime on that side of the city has gotten dramatically worse......
Here's another factoid that many people aren't aware of. There is not one single large shopping mall within the city limits of Detroit.......all the malls on the east side are located in the surrounding suburbs such as Roseville and Sterling Heights.