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NYC is still plenty dangerous, just not anywhere you've been yet. It's such a different city than San Francisco that it's almost impossible to compare their sa

NYC is still plenty dangerous, just not anywhere you've been yet. It's such a different city than San Francisco that it's almost impossible to compare their safety in any general way. But for someone like you, who probably lives and works in Manhattan, you'll likely be more safe than you were in San Francisco. Just don't take this safety for granted or think of it as a joke. NY is a much bigger city than SF and bad stuff happens even in the nicest neighborhoods. Here's an illuminating map: http://projects.nytimes.com/crime/homicides/map http://projects.nytimes.com/crime/homicides/map

rdouble 17y ago
Although vastly different in size, NYC and San Francisco are the most closely related cities in the USA when it comes to urban density. It's not that much of a stretch to compare the two. A big difference is that in San Francisco it's very easy to wind up in a bad neighborhood. Some of the worst neighborhoods are right in the middle of the city. In New York, it's hard to wind up in a bad neighborhood, unless you live there. This is a return to NYC for me and it's interesting to see how much safer it is than it was even 10 years ago, when it was already much safer than the 1980s...