Big Journalism : Environmental Injustice: Attacking Industry In A Poor Community

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:31:09 +0000

It's not just a ghetto, it's a really, really bad ghetto. Per person, it's one of the most dangerous places to live in South Chicagoland. I vaguely remember it being the "Murder Capital" of the United States for cities less than 5,000 people, but can't find a reference online. I did find this: http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/IL/Ford... I assume that the information presented in this table is linear, i.e. if location X has a score of 100 for action A and location Y has a score of 200 for action A, then A is twice as likely to occur in Y than in X, all other things being equal. According to this table, you are more than three times as likely to raped or assaulted in Ford Heights than in the rest of the USA. On the flip side, you are less likely to be robbed or have your home broken into in Ford Heights than the rest of the US. That's because there's nothing worth stealing in the town.

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Big Journalism : Environmental Injustice: Attacking Industry In A Poor Community