Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Oct 31st 2006, 2:25 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by englishnurse
omg three of those cities are where i was offered jobs by my agency
huh!
huh!
Oct 31st 2006, 2:28 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Plenty of work there for a nurse it would seem.
Oct 31st 2006, 2:31 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
I'm surprised that Dallas or Houston didn't make the list.
St Louis has never seemed that dangerous to me -- maybe I went to the wrong bit? Same goes for Lil Rock.
St Louis has never seemed that dangerous to me -- maybe I went to the wrong bit? Same goes for Lil Rock.
Oct 31st 2006, 2:32 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I'm surprised that Dallas or Houston didn't make the list.
St Louis has never seemed that dangerous to me -- maybe I went to the wrong bit? Same goes for Lil Rock.
St Louis has never seemed that dangerous to me -- maybe I went to the wrong bit? Same goes for Lil Rock.
Oct 31st 2006, 2:33 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by Boiler
Katrina?
Oct 31st 2006, 3:06 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Hmmm, you're right, Katrina evacuees would've gone to Little Rock; but they went to Houston in huge numbers and Houston didn't make the list.
If you listen to the local news channels you would think Houston would be #1
Oct 31st 2006, 3:18 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Hmmm, you're right, Katrina evacuees would've gone to Little Rock; but they went to Houston in huge numbers and Houston didn't make the list.
Oct 31st 2006, 3:21 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by dbark
Why would having Katrina evacuees make a city more dangerous?
Oct 31st 2006, 4:39 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by dbark
Why would having Katrina evacuees make a city more dangerous?
Come to Houston...........you'll soon find out
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Oct 31st 2006, 4:42 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by dbark
Why would having Katrina evacuees make a city more dangerous?
Oct 31st 2006, 5:12 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by teresa1003
Just wondering whereabouts in Memphis you are.
Oct 31st 2006, 5:14 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by teresa1003
Memphis was number 2 last year I think, so things are looking up.
Nov 1st 2006, 11:24 am
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
At the end of the day..... The thing to remember is that it's all just figures, and as I can still remember some stuff from "A-Levels" (all those years ago)....
I was taught there are "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics".... Give a bunch of marketing people a load of figures and they can spin you all kinds of different stats about thing s ! ....
I was taught there are "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics".... Give a bunch of marketing people a load of figures and they can spin you all kinds of different stats about thing s ! ....
Nov 1st 2006, 12:11 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by Sugarmooma
Nov 1st 2006, 1:14 pm
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Re: Most Dangerous Cities 2006
Originally Posted by TN-Dave
At the end of the day..... The thing to remember is that it's all just figures, and as I can still remember some stuff from "A-Levels" (all those years ago)....
I was taught there are "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics".... Give a bunch of marketing people a load of figures and they can spin you all kinds of different stats about thing s ! ....
I was taught there are "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics".... Give a bunch of marketing people a load of figures and they can spin you all kinds of different stats about thing s ! ....