More Dangerous: Detroit or Florida?

[JA]

Statistically, the correct answer is Detroit. But Florida's larger cities aren't exactly safe - especially Miami and Orlando. Where I live in Florida has a relatively high crime rate, but it's not too dangerous. In most places you'd feel safe leaving your door unlocked at night. Although in Jacksonville, just a few miles away, I certainly wouldn't advise that.

[JA]

Statistically, the correct answer is Detroit. But Florida's larger cities aren't exactly safe - especially Miami and Orlando. Where I live in Florida has a relatively high crime rate, but it's not too dangerous. In most places you'd feel safe leaving your door unlocked at night. Although in Jacksonville, just a few miles away, I certainly wouldn't advise that.

People do that?

When my dad was alive, we'd do it often here. It wasn't anything we really worried about. Like I said in a different thread, some of my neighbors often leave their garage doors open at night near the street with some valuables inside. I even sleep on the first floor with my window facing the road and leave it wide open on nice nights. Nothing has happened to anyone yet as far as I know.

[JA]

Statistically, the correct answer is Detroit. But Florida's larger cities aren't exactly safe - especially Miami and Orlando. Where I live in Florida has a relatively high crime rate, but it's not too dangerous. In most places you'd feel safe leaving your door unlocked at night. Although in Jacksonville, just a few miles away, I certainly wouldn't advise that.

People do that?

Not in Flarda. It's not as bad as to warrant the Bugs Bunny meme each time but yeah I want to know where J lives. Maybe in a small town like Frostproof, but then again all the migrant workers there would probably have me on my toes due to the number of transients.

The homeless in Tally are the worst I've ever encountered. It's amazing how great this city is aside from this problem, but it remains an issue. Every night I get hit up for money, cigarettes, requests for rides, offers to buy drugs, etc from an increasingly belligerent bunch. Just last month one was in the neighboring Jimmy Johns parking lot following girls up the street begging for money and lashing out at those who declined.

I live in a rural part of St. Johns County between St. Augustine and Jacksonville. Apparently my town can't even be found online. It's great because you drive for probably 10 miles north or south of here along the highway and won't encounter a single street light; it's practically pitch black and deserted here after 10pm. It's really built up now and it's still like that; I remember moving here 14 years ago and there were nothing but dirt roads, forests, and swamps for countless miles. During the recession a neighbor of ours hunted pigs and turkeys in the woods around here, and there's even a redneck family a few miles away that still don't have any electricity and live in old houses built from the trees they pulled out of the swamps (one of them even built a second story on their trailer and used a stop sign as part of the wall; it was wild to see).