Yikes. I love Gainesville. I know it has its bad pockets, but I never thought I’d see Gainesville top a list like this. I guess places like Miami and Tallahasee were not included because they are not in college towns. It does not seem that long ago that Gainesville was ranked the #1 place to live in the US in the US News and World Report rankings. I'd be curious to know the underlying cause if crime has gotten worse in Gainesville in recent years. https://www.mensjournal.com/news/most-dangerous-college-town-us-named-new-study-gainesville-florida
Bad press for sure, and some of it spills over, but the vast majority of crime happens in areas students are rarely in.
Misleading article. Many schools aren't in places that are simply college towns. Makes it sound like going to UF in Gainesville is more dangerous than going to USC in Los Angeles or Houston or any other big city with a college.
As a Chicago area resident the same thing applies to cities. People just like to pick out the worse number they can find and apply it broadly. Speaking of which, no clue where the article came up with those numbers, don't match anything I could find in a quick AI search. Unfortunately the numbers are higher if looking broadly at violent crime.
It doesn't break down the numbers by crimes committed. Half of them are probably bicycle thefts. Nice picture of Shands in the article.
