Trouble in Charlotte.
True to an extent, Torie. I'm a big advocate of the exurbs; living 20 miles or so from the center of Charlotte, and outside the confines of Mecklenburg County, I'm able to enjoy the city attractions when I wish, whilst living in a low-tax, low-crime, good school, and overwhelmingly Republican environment. As I say on the NCFR board from time to time, GOOM (Get Out Of Mecklenburg).
That said, I'm highly skeptical of Charlotte's position in the top ten of the "most dangerous" list. Many statistical red flags. As HuntvilleTxVet noted, "most dangerous" isn't defined on the information freely available; perhaps it is if you pay. Only 32 cities with a population exceeding 500,000? I don't think so! And then, of course, you run into the old demographical/statistical problem of where the lines between cities and suburbs are drawn. Are the "most dangerous" stats based on city limits, or on some other measure of what constitutes the "center city"? And that's just for starters. Bah.