Chicago named best city in the world for 2018

[Mook]

https://www.timeout.com/london/citylifeindex

Chicago has been ranked the number one city in the world by Time Out magazine's City Life Index.

It is the second year in a row that Chicago tops the list. The index measures 32 cities based on a survey of 15,000 people. Cities were scored by food, drink, culture, friendliness, affordability, happiness and livability.

Time Out gave Chicago top marks for food and drink and also scored well for happiness, culture, affordability and city and neighborhood pride.

Top 10:
1. Chicago
2. Porto
3. New York
4. Melbourne
5. London
6. Madrid
7. Manchester
8. Lisbon
9. Philadelphia
10 Barcelona

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[RICH17]

WAT?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

As much as I hate france... Hmmm, Paris...

 

[Mook]

WAT?

Read you plebeian.

 

[Tight Lines]

.....to move to, if you want to get shot.

That’s what I was expecting when I entered this thread.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Time Out Magazine. lmfao

They need a time out from publishing things...

 

[radioguy6]

So they surveyed .005% of the city of Chicago's population? For that reason, I'm out.

 

[GLADIATOR]

I honestly don't get why people don't like Chicago and move to shit holes.

 

[VenomousDSG]

I honestly don't get why people don't like Chicago and move to shit holes.

Id wager because those shitholes aren't murder capitals of anything, and aren't run into the ground by corrupt leach politicians.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i don't think chicago is the murder capital though?

 

[Yaj Yak]

at everyone saying chicago's a shit hole while living under 40 minutes from downtown and thriving because of chicago's existence

 

[sickmint79]

i wonder if dubai tops working hours because so many workers are somewhat modern day slaves

 

[FESTER665]

i don't think chicago is the murder capital though?

Not when based on per capita.... 25th actually.

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/highest-murder-rate-cities

 

[Yaj Yak]

thatswhatiwassaying

 

[FESTER665]

thatswhatiwassaying

Yep. I was just backing you up on it.

Dont get me wrong, theres a lot of murders in Chicago, but its not the murder capital when you look at it deeper.

Hell, if you took 3 or 4 neighborhoods out of the equation I bet the numbers would make it look like a gleaming beacon of hope.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Hell, if you took 3 or 4 neighborhoods out of the equation I bet the numbers would make it look like a gleaming beacon of hope.

Nevermind that your facts are correct. Fucking racist.

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[VenomousDSG]

Chicago is the murder capital of the country by numbers, PERIOD. It's not even close.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, it's a shithole. It also is the highest in car jackings, among many other crime statistics.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Chicago is the murder capital of the country by numbers, PERIOD. It's not even close.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, it's a shithole. It also is the highest in car jackings, among many other crime statistics.

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PERIOD CUZ I SAY SO 1!!!!!!!!! VENOMOUSDSG HATH SPOKETH



The 30 cities with the highest murder rates in the US | National News | bismarcktribune.com

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/highest-murder-rate-cities

#25. Chicago, Illinois
Murder rate per 100k people: 17.52

Number of reported murders (2015): 478

Population: 2,728,695

 

[Yaj Yak]

Even though it has more murders than any other U.S. city every year, is Chicago's violent reputation entirely justified? Nonprofit news outlet The Trace released a report showing homicide rates per 100,000 residents in major U.S. cities over the past five years, finding that Chicago is nowhere near the top of the list. Between 2010 and 2015, the Windy City had 16.4 murders per 100,000 residents while St. Louis and New Orleans had homicide rates far higher on average. While the absolute numbers certainly show Chicago has a massive problem on its hands, this metric does mitigate the risk factor to some extent, showing that many other large U.S. cities are far more violent.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallm...most-dangerous-city-infographic/#652367a750da

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/01/us/chicago-murders-2017-statistics/index.html

Despite its reputation, Chicago didn't have the nation's highest per-capita (murders per 100,000 people) homicide rate in 2015. Thirteen large cities -- population 250,000 or more -- had higher murder rates. Atlanta, Washington, Oakland, Memphis and Kansas City, for instance, all have higher violent crime rates. But Chicago's numerical murder rate has been higher than that of the country's two larger cities, Los Angeles and New York.

 

[FESTER665]

Chicago is the murder capital of the country by numbers, PERIOD. It's not even close.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, it's a shithole. It also is the highest in car jackings, among many other crime statistics.

Well theres a ton more people so of course the numbers are higher.

So based off your logic you would rather live in East St. Louis with the highest murder rate per capita simply because their number of actual murders is lower.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I avoid Chicago other than sporting events. Suburbs FTW!

 

[VenomousDSG]

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PERIOD CUZ I SAY SO 1!!!!!!!!! VENOMOUSDSG HATH SPOKETH



The 30 cities with the highest murder rates in the US | National News | bismarcktribune.com

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/highest-murder-rate-cities

Key word, murder RATE, not numbers.

East St. Louis is number one, with a total of 188 murders, Chicago had 478. Do the math.

That's from 2015, BTW. There were 795 in 2016 and 659 last year.

Well theres a ton more people so of course the numbers are higher.

So based off your logic you would rather live in East St. Louis with the highest murder rate per capita simply because their number of actual murders is lower.

I wouldnt live in any of those shitholes.

 

[ragingclue]

Not sure why anyone would get their panties in a bunch over this. They asked 15k people in the 32 cities from the list. Legit polling for sure.

And they also left off all kinds of cities that traditionally top these types of lists left and right.

Why not just let Chicago have its day? It's rare to see it top a list that isn't corruption or bed bug related.

 

[FESTER665]

I wouldnt live in any of those shitholes.

Didnt say you would, just saying based off your strictly numbers PERIOD thought process that you think you're safer in East St. Louis when clearly you're not.