[ReagansShinyHair]

I have been to several third world cities and I have been to LA recently. It is just silly to claim they are alike.

The claim is not that LA is a third world city right now. The claim is that it is becoming a third world city. If you had grown up in LA and seen what has happened to it in the last 30+ years, you would probably understand the cause for cocern.

[dragnet2]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but even places like Indianapolis, Indiana have more crime per capita than Los Angeles.

As a matter of fact, Indianapolis has substantially more crime per capita in EVERY SINGLE major crime category than LA, California.

Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:

	Indianapolis, IN	Los Angeles, CA	National
Murder:	17.5	12.4	7
Forcible Rape:	68.54	27.3	32.2
Robbery:	405.6	370	205.8
Aggravated Assault:	468.3	377.2	336.5
Burglary:	1465	524.8	813.2
Larceny Theft:	3611.8	1539.2	2601.7
Vehicle Theft:	1115.6	654.4	501.5