Another Stellar List appearance for Jacksonville/Most Dangerous Neighborhood

[jaxlore]

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/06/22/daily5.html?ana=from_rss

Beaver St. neighborhood among most dangerous
Jacksonville Business Journal

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The neighborhood bordered by Beaver and Broad streets is the fourth most dangerous neighborhood in the United States, according to a personal and consumer finance Web site.

Walletpop.com listed the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the U.S. based on information collected by neighborhoodscout.com and using data from the FBI and all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, according to the Web site.

Although the statistics in the Jacksonville neighborhood are daunting -- predicting 47 violent crimes in that area this year with a one-in-five chance of a person becoming a victim -- there are neighborhoods in three other cities even more dangerous.

The 7th Avenue/North River Drive neighborhood in Miami ranked No. 3 on the list, State Street and Garfield Boulevard in Chicago was No. 2 and the Central Parkway/Liberty Street neighborhood in Cincinnati was the No. 1 most dangerous neighborhood in the U.S., according to the data.

In all, neighborhoods in four Florida cities were on the list. The other two were the Amelia Avenue/Tampa Street neighborhood in Tampa at No. 17 and the East-West Expressway/Orange Blossom Trail neighborhood in Orlando at No. 22.

Overall, Chicago had the most neighborhoods from a single city at four, followed by two each from Baltimore, Kansas City, Dallas and Memphis.

[hanjin1]

at least we made top 5 in something. way to go jacksonville!

[fsu813]

link?

[hooplady]

Beaver & Broad Sts? There is no neighborhood there, unless you count Trinity Mission.

[thelakelander]

1. Cincinnati - Central Parkway/Liberty

2. Chicago - State Street/Garfield Blvd

3. Miami - 7th Avenue/North River Drive

4. Jacksonville - Beaver Street/Broad Street

5. Baltimore - North Avenue/Belair Road

6. Kansas City - Bales Avenue/30th Street

7. Memphis - Warford Street/Mount Olive Road.

8. Kansas City - Forest Avenue/41st Street

9. Dallas - Route 352/Scyene Road

10. Richmond - Church Hill

11. Memphis - Bellevue Blvd./Lamar Avenue

12. Dallas - 2nd Avenue/Hatcher Street

13. Springfield, IL - Cook Street/11th Street

14. St. Louis - 14th Street/Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr.

15. Little Rock - Roosevelt Road/Bond Street

16. Philadelphia - Broad Street/Dauphin Street

17. Tampa - Amelia Avenue/Tampa Street

18. NYC - St. Nicholas Avenue.125th Street

19. Chicago - 66th Street/Yale Avenue

20. Baltimore - Orleans Street/Front Street

21. Cleveland - Cedar Avenue/55th Street

22. Orlando - EW Expressway/Orange Blossom Trail

23. Detroit - Mount Elliott/Palmer

24. Chicago - Wallace Street/58th Street

25. Chicago - Winchester Avenue/60th Street

http://www.walletpop.com/insurance/most-dangerous-neighborhoods

[thelakelander]

Here is the map from their site.  Its basically what was once known as LaVilla.

[brainstormer]

I'm somewhat doubtful about the "realism" of this poll.  If I go by the map that Lake posted, it would be tough to find upwards of 50 people who actually live in the designated area.  This map includes dozens of empty lots and dozens more abandoned warehouses.  If the poll data is based on per capita crime, then yes, this area might have an astonishing number because no one lives in it.

With that being said, it is still a very sketchy area with a lot of transients and others high on various things.  I wouldn't exactly take a walk by myself through there anytime after dark. 

[Wacca Pilatka]

at least we made top 5 in something. way to go jacksonville!

Jacksonville has been top 5 or 10 in plenty of positive lists too.  Most recently, best cities for the outdoors; I know that was linked on here.

[Mugatu]

I'm skepitcal about the data their using.  As has already been noted, there's not a lot of anything over there.

[ProjectMaximus]

If the poll data is based on per capita crime, then yes, this area might have an astonishing number because no one lives in it.

Yeah, the methodology says it's based on per capita.

[reednavy]

Most dangerous is LaVilla? Um, areas around Shand's are worse.

I also like how they gave intersections and no real neighborhood names. Of course, Orlando's is easy, that is Parramore.

[jaxlore]

sorry heres the link

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/06/22/daily5.html?ana=from_rss

i by know means meant this to be a downer but this is just another facet of how our city is portrayed abroad but, all you have to do is look at jacksonville.com or watch the news and there is a daily front page murder so whether its real or just media hype, the fact that jacksonville can be a not so safe place to live is getting more attention.

[hooplady]

I can't believe that all the TV news stations picked up this story!  They were all so busy with their breathless fearmongering reports that they didn't take the time to analyze whether anyone actually lives in this so-called "neighborhood."  It just demonstrates again, people from outside the core know so little about downtown that they take stories like this at face value.

[Ocklawaha]

There once was a tropical paradise, there were only 7 residents living there. A tragic murder suicide A man killed both of his neighbors, his wife and 3 children then shot himself cold dead.

Uh? That little "neighborhood" now as a murder rate of 100%, Worst damn neighborhood in the WORLD.

Imagine how easy it would be to tweak the numbers and create a news story from whole cloth!

OCKLAWAHA

[thelakelander]

Lol, leave it to the Jax media to screw things up.  If you go to the actual Walletpop.com website, it has maps for each of the 25 listed districts. 



Its clear that this area is LaVilla.  First Coast News has a story throwing Brooklyn in there as well.

Reginald Bridges lives in the Brooklyn community. He says the neighborhood he has called home since 1955 is a little run down, but it is safe.

"We have a lot of care and love for each other in terms of how we live on a daily basis," Bridges said.

The walletpop.com study paints a different story. Based on the data from local law enforcement, the study predicts 47 violent crimes will be committed in Brooklyn this year. The study goes on to say there is a one and five chance a person could be victimized in the area.

full article: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=140361&catid=3