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Nation's Most Dangerous Cities

Posted by: Chris Steins

22 November 2005 - 1:00pm

New Jersey's poorest city has been designated America's most dangerous for a second year in a row.

"Kansas-based publisher Morgan Quitno said Camden had the highest violent crime, homicide and robbery rates among cities with populations of 75,000 or more, followed by Detroit; St. Louis; Flint, Mich.; Richmond Va.; and Baltimore.

...The ranking is controversial, not least of all in Camden, where it has placed a multimillion-dollar redevelopment effort in jeopardy and caused enrollment to dip at Rutgers University's Camden campus."

Full Story: 'Most dangerous' label strikes Camden again
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 21, 2005
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