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11/19/07 12:52 pm

Oakland 4th-most perilous U.S. city?

According to CQ Press, a unit of Congressional Quarterly, Oakland is the 4th-most dangerous city in the United States.

Though interesting, the rankings are somewhat controversial. Oakland does live up to its reputation, I guess, especially in East Oakland and West Oakland, and recently Adams Point… but not so much where I tend to be, the downtown side of Lake Merritt. Then again, two of my friends have gotten mugged more than once in the downtown/19th Street BART area, so maybe I’m just lucky (or always on my guard enough).

Filed under News, Picky, picky. on November 19, 2007 at 12:52 pm

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2 Responses to “Oakland 4th-most perilous U.S. city?”

  1. imnotjesus Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 10:31 pm

    oakland is more dangerous than camden! nice.

    philly? 21st, even with over 1 murder per day.

  2. Gohlkus Maximus Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 12:23 am

    Uh, yeah, maybe the rankings aren’t exactly accurate… maybe they’re designed to sell magazines. Shrug.

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