I would bet that California has more rapes and murders than the entire “south” (excluding Florida).
***************************************************
As a longtime Floridian I can assure you that we are farther “North” than Alabama, the Carolinas , Tenn. , GA. or Mississippi in every measurable aspect except latitude.
(and a great deal of our crime is either in urban dumps like Miami or can be traced to Puerto Rico buying their convicted drug dealers tickets to here when released)
“I can assure you that we are farther “North” than Alabama, the Carolinas , Tenn. , GA. or Mississippi in every measurable aspect except latitude.”
True.
I live in Sarasota and that’s pretty much the reason I excluded Florida.