A couple of comments...
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1/12/2008
I have not lived in Colorado Springs before. However, I noticed how some people are complaining about how high the crime rate is. Of course it's going to have a higher number of TOTAL crimes going on than, let's say, Pueblo, because Colorado Springs has almost 4 times the population of that city. The crime RATE measures crime per 100,000 residents.
Colorado Springs has about 500 violent crimes per 100,000 residents -- just slightly higher than the national average. Pueblo has about 600. Canon City, a small town about 50 miles southwest of COS, has almost 800, which is considered high. Which city are you more scared to live in? Don't forget that in a larger city like COS, you can avoid crime by not living in the bad parts of the city. Unlike a smaller city (such as Quincy, IL), there are many places to eat and shop, so you generally don't have to worry about being beat up at the store by someone from the bad parts of the city. Judging by the news on krdo.com, most of the crime seems to happen on the east side of the city.
Finally, on krdo.com, they had a news story on how crime was rising in small towns like Cascade, Cripple Creek, and Canon City. That considered, I'd rather live in COS than any of those towns.
Clint | Liberty, IL