25 Most Dangerous Cities in the USA

[Lieutenant Dan]

Re: 25 Most Dangerous Cities in the USA

So what's the worst neighborhood ya'll have ended up in? I ended up in a place called Lamar, right out of Memphis, and I got lost trying to find my cousin's house. It was at night, I looked around and had a feeling I was not in a very safe area lol. Then my cousin tells me I was in like the worst part of Memphis, I don't know if he was overreacting or not.

This. I've been living east of Memphis since 2003, and the Lamar area is really bad. The area down by juvenile hall is equally bad or worse.

Memphis is a rough place, but almost all of it's crime stats can be isolated to one or two zip codes. But in ANY decent-sized city, you should always keep your head on a swivel and just avoid certain areas.

I'm from Seattle, and Rainier Valley/MLK area and White Center can be really rough. I could hear gunfire some nights back in the 90's.

I'm a city-loving type, but more and more as I get on (I'm 45), I'm thinking a quiet place in the country where I have a lot of space between me and my neighbors sounds good.