I'm disappointed to see that St. Louis is named the most dangerous city.
It disappoints me for a lot of reasons. I grew up 100 miles south of St. Louis and made, I don't know, a million drives up and back for Cardinal games, swim meets, time with friends, airport runs, whatever. I know about its heritage as the jumping off point for western exploration in the early 19th century. For a time, it had (by far) the country's best education system. It had a lot going for it.
To be fair, it still does -- it's a good city. I have immediate family that lives and works there, and enjoys St. Louis life. But like many cities, particularly in the midwest (and I'm very surpised to see KC at only #16 in this ranking -- it's on track for 100 murders again this year), it needs to step on the neck of crime if it's going to have a downtown renaissance, an influx of business, and all the things blighted cities seem to want to regain their lost prestige.
Now, then there's the matter of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals. More on that shortly.
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