Gainesville ranked #1 most dangerous college town in the US

Bad press for sure, and some of it spills over, but the vast majority of crime happens in areas students are rarely in.

 

Nothing burger.

 

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.

 

Totally agree! This is BS!

 

What a crock of shit. Crimes per 10,000 people? Seriously? With no filter on the types of “crimes”?
Guess they couldn’t use traffic death statistics or Athens would top the list.

Mainstream media does little but lie and push agendas anymore. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn there’s a ref$u, uga, or scUM graduate on staff at this rag.

 

More BS from this clown journalist:

https://www.mensjournal.com/news/safest-college-town-us-named-new-study-berkeley

Berkeley? Next door to Oakland?
1 crime per 10,000 people?
BWAHAAHAHAHA!!

This is absolute bullshit. And what would any rational person expect from today’s media? SMDH

 

The study was released by Wasatch Defense Lawyers . . . whose website bills themselves the "top criminal defense lawyers in Utah." I wonder why all the Gainesville criminals are using some obscure Utah law firm? According to the same standards, I am the "Top Gator in this room" (my grandson is downstairs and my granddaughter is at work). LOL!

 

Ive never worried about my saftey in Gainesville. That cant be said for many other places. Im going to Memphofrst in Memphis, that place is sketch.

 

Completely uninformative article written with no context or substance. Waste of time to read it.

 

There a some areas in Atlanta that make Gainesville’s bad sections look good.

 

If Athens, GA, Tallahassee etc was ranked #1 no one would be debating this list.

 

Our virtue signaler makes an expected appearance

 

Norfolk, Maryland, UConn, Texas Tech, Auburn and Houston agree.

 

1) Students attend a school but are not citizens. Let's call these folks "A".

2) Citizens define the population of a city. Let's call them "B".

3) There are crimes in the city against citizens. Let's call them "X".

4) There are crimes against the students in the city (and not the metro area). Let's call them "Y".

Math: What is real news is Y/A. What is a sort of news (aka, Chicago, Detroit, et al): X/B. What is more precise math: (X+Y)/(A+B).

What is likely being recorded in the facts: (X+Y)/B. And yes, if city crimes "X" against city population "B" are the "aggressive" type such as assault, major theft, rape, murder, child neglect, etc., whereas those against the student population are a mixture of aggressive (assault against a mouthy jerk, expensive bike theft, car vandalism on a Benz) and other types (stealing their phones or backpacks, drunkenness-in-public) then is there an attempt to separate the concerning from the opportunistic/stupid? Well, except for the mouthy jerks?

Methinks most of what is being implied is that a large student population in a relatively small city population likely increases the overall numbers of crimes but it does not mean it is severe crimes against the student population. Or in other words:

There are three kinds of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics.