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I'd say the kids of Kalamazoo could use a break given the kind of stuff they have to deal with. http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/letters/Nose+Hill+Park+con
by beloch 14y ago
I'd say the kids of Kalamazoo could use a break given the kind of stuff they have to deal with.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/letters/Nose+Hill+Park+confrontation+makes+visitors+feel+unsafe/7050028/story.html http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/letters/Nose+Hill+Park+...
Note: The above Kalamazoo sheriff is probably not quite as paranoid as the story suggests since Kalamzoo has a murder rate almost 7 times higher than Calgary despite being roughtly 1/14'th the size. If Kalamazoo is that dangerous, it's natural to assume a much bigger city would be even more dangerous. Still, that's one sheriff I wouldn't want to run into in a Kalamazoo park, let alone a dark alley!
- Danieru 14y agoFor those rare non-calgarians: the stampede is a large local rodeo. It is a very big thing here, about the closest thing possible to a city wide festival. All week businesses provide pancake breakfasts and people wear cowboy hats. There is about a 0% chance that "Have you been to the stampede?" was a euphemism for "Give me all your money, eh".
- Dylan16807 14y agoIsn't murder rate per capita? I fail to see how size matters. Also this says the murder rate is half the Michigan average: http://m.countyhealthrankings.org/node/1404/15 http://m.countyhealthrankings.org/node/1404/15 The sheriff is apparently not very good at being off-duty, oh well.
- fjorder 14y agoI think a popular misconception is that small-towns are safer than big cities. Calgary ------- 2011 Population: 1,096,833 2011 homicides: 10 Rate: 0.91 per 100,000 people Kalamazoo --------- 2011 Population: 74,262 2011 Homicides: 5 Rate: 6.73 per 100,000 So the homicide rate in Kalamazoo is 7.4 times higher. So much for small-town peace and quiet!