America's Safest Cities: America's Best Sports Fans
by Justin Bopp on Oct 31, 2009 4:11 AM EDT
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Coincidence?
Forbes.com recently unveiled its 2009 version of "America's Safest Cities" based on statistical measurements of violent crime, traffic deaths, deaths in the workplace, and distance from natural disasters in the forty largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
They might have considered "sports fan quality" in an effort to save time, but if "violent crime, traffic deaths, deaths in the workplace, and distance from natural disasters" doesn't conjure up the 2004-2009 Kansas City Royals / Kansas City Chiefs for you, you probably live in Florida and hate sports.
Me? I'm starting to get a leeeeetle jealous of Boston. We all know about the "Decade of Boston," (thanks Simmons), but now they're one of the top 5 safest places of all major metropolitan areas in the country? What's next?
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by SFiercex4 on Oct 31, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
(sorry)
To be fair, there does seem to be a line of “safety” that pretty much resembles the Mason Dixon.
See Data Differently.
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by Justin Bopp on Nov 1, 2009 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wondering if that's just St. Pete, or the area in general...
Or if I’m naive about the peril I face. Hmm…
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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Nov 1, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
An Incredibly Sloppy List
They calculate ranks for four categories: Violent Crime, Workplace Fatality Rates, Traffic Death Rates, Natural Disaster Risk. Then they simply sum the four rank numbers to obtain a city rating. That’s the wrong way to sum probabilities!!!! The third comment on the original article says as much
It’s also notable that the two cities with the lowest traffic death rates, Boston & New York, are the ones with the worst traffic. I guess it’s hard to have a fatal accident when you’re inching along in a bumper to bumper jam.
by ekogan on Oct 31, 2009 8:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Traffic
From my experience, people outside of the northeast just suck at driving.
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by BTLove on Nov 1, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A comment from the original article
Here’s a comment from the original article giving an updated list with a better methodology
by ekogan on Oct 31, 2009 8:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know how Tom Brady would ever find a flux capacitor!
by Tommy Bennett on Oct 31, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Only two votes so far for Brady's Delorian, I think the readers agree with you Tommy.
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by SFiercex4 on Oct 31, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry, stat nerds are supposed to stay in their basements 24/7.
If we live up to the stereotype, we’ll be fine.
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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Nov 1, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would you do that?
See Data Differently.
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by Justin Bopp on Nov 1, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because I like working in the Haunted Mansion.
There’s no Disney World in Washington.
(Or any amusement park of any caliber, for that matter).
by philkid3 on Nov 1, 2009 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Oakland
would have had a huge red dot. Hmm…
Cardinal fans are good, and their city is definitely not safe.
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by erik on Nov 1, 2009 1:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There is no way
that Cleveland is safer than Columbus.
by gogomets on Nov 1, 2009 11:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Im kinda shocked KC is that "unsafe"
on the other hand its kinda amazing that there isn’t mass serial killings in the name of Kansas City sports futility.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Nov 1, 2009 11:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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