Safer in the City???

[ultrarunner]

I would disagree based on my experience of city living.

There are plenty of things that can get you in the city.

Thankfully, I have good neighbors and this is half the battle... we do look out for each other.

Just this morning an elderly couple I know on a block where I use to live was the victim of a home invasion robbery... they are in their 80's and two intruders climbed in through a second story window after midnight.

It seems like something bad happens to people I know or at places I know all the time...

There is an entire subclass of people that prey on the old and week and it is becoming worse.

 

[CalG]

Those who would give away some freedom to secure some safety deserve neither, and will loose both.
Living in fear of harm is no life...

 

[dmccarty]

Sounds like a paper designed to get more hospitals/ERs built in rural areas since they only focused on injuries.

What about heart attacks and obesity caused deaths? Surely, the stress in the city injures and kills people. I know I was stressed out when I lived in a large city having to deal with horrible traffic and drug dealers living next door. The study does not deal with quality of life issues either, being a victim of crime, worrying about being a victim of crime, just being in crowds, etc. Those are injuries that do not show up in the ER.

Later,
Dan