Originally Posted by
Mobile 155
I think we all see these postings with our own bias based on how we have lived our lives and the things we have read. Whenever I see an article like the OP posted I wonder if it is posted by the chamber of commerce. If Detroit is getting better I have to wonder how bad it must have been ten years ago? I usually first look at where the places rate nationally and see if the cities have moved up or down in safety since the last time I looked. I even check several sources for a consensus. There are a lot of places I might consider living and cycling but Detroit wouldn't be high on my list.
It makes me wonder about just what some consider car free and even where in Detroit the article is talking about.
But at least the person got his article published if that was the goal.
https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj4.../#44fe97a969d9
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...sxtw1#image=26
Often the crime occurs in specific neighbourhoods and doesn't affect all residents equally. Presumably these guys live and work in a gentrified, middle class part of town. Atlanta and Oakland also rank pretty high on the homicide list, but you don't hear a lot of discussion of how dangerous they are, because people haven't generalized from the crime-ridden parts to the whole city.