City refutes worst U.S. crime ranking [Camden]

UPI ^ | 11/21/2005

[ncountylee]

CAMDEN, N.J., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- City officials in Camden, N.J., are taking the offensive against a Kansas statistical firm that ranks Camden as the most dangerous city in the United States.

Monday, the Morgan Quitno firm released its annual ranking of dangerous cities based on six types of crime, and for the second year, Camden was first in the country among 354 cities.

The study analyzed the occurrence rates of murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft.

However, local officials told the Camden Courier-Post the latest rankings use figures from 2004, and overlook improvements made in 2005.

"Last year is old news. The ranking is not an appropriate measure of where we stand today," said Camden County Prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi.

Camden Chief Operating Officer Randy Primas said the Marriott hotel chain backed out of plans to build a hotel downtown after last year's ranking was announced.

[Coleus]

LOL, that's the one.

[Clemenza]

Somerset and Morris Counties are the two wealthiest in the United States.

I lived a VERY brief part of my life (age 3-4) in Camden County, albeit in the friendlier confines of Turnersville, where the only death was of deer trying to cross the Black Horse Pike.

[Clemenza]

Don't knock all of Newark. You can still walk down Ferry Street at night without being robbed, although it helps to know Portuguese or Spanish.

[Clemenza]

West Orange is an odd place, being that you have multimillion dollar mansions, while the eastern part of town is in decline. South Orange is becoming largely middle and upper middle income black, largely "Buppies" moving out of NYC. Bloomfield and Belleville have undergone more of a decline in recent years.

Remember that there are more Republicans in North Jersey than South Jersey. Look at the red blue county map from 2004 to see my point.

[TheForceOfOne]

CAMDEN, N.J Motto - What's in your wallet