I'm going to school in the middle of America's most dangerous city

mtowngman

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Tue Nov-24-09 10:17 AM
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I'm going to school in the middle of America's most dangerous city

I'm in the library at Rutgers-Camden right now.

accoding to this survey by cq press, Camden, N.J. is the #1 most dangerous city in America

http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2009/CityCrimeRankings2009.htm

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Chan790

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Tue Nov-24-09 10:21 AM
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1. I think they're lying to you.

I've been to Camden. It isn't pretty but it's a damned sight safer than Patterson or the bad sides of Newark or Baltimore. It sure as hell ain't some of the ghettos of LA.

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mtowngman

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Tue Nov-24-09 10:27 AM
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2. I didn't have time to read into what numbers the statement actually

represents. If they're talking violent crimes per capita, they might be right.

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