Explore America With The Official Small City/ Town Thread

[Plankton]

Tough love you more

[jwb]

Maybe it's cause the early 90s was about the peak of crime rates for most cities nation wide? I can't reminder the exact years but around the peak in NYC (probably late 80s to early 90s) there was something like 2000 murders a year in the city. Now they're usually down to around 400-500 a year. Same basic trend in most major cities, though maybe not quite to the same degree. But from what I recall the FBI stats show a pretty steady decline in violent crime and murder in the US from the mid-90s on. There were recently only a few cities who were extreme exceptions, where murder rose notably with in the last decade. Chicago being point of the most extreme with 700+ murders some years.

Quick Google search says ( according to wiki) 1974 was the top year for actual murders with 970 murders. 92 was second place with 943. 92 had the higher murder RATE cause the population had dropped some in the meantime.

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Davenport, Iowa (One of the Quad Cities)

Population • Estimate (2018) 102,085
https://i.imgur.com/mzd9IUE.jpg

Before Bettendorf, Iowa was included...

[Mindy]

Des Moines, Iowa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa

Population • Estimate (2018) 216,853

[Psy-Fi]

Sugartit, Kentucky

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Davenport, Iowa (One of the Quad Cities)

Population • Estimate (2018) 102,085
https://i.imgur.com/mzd9IUE.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DANlDitqMwc

PBS NewsHour
Jan 4, 2020


Climate change is contributing to more severe flooding in communities along the Mississippi River. In 2019, the Mississippi crested at its highest-ever recorded level in Davenport, Iowa, causing widespread damage in the city's downtown and reigniting a debate about how it should protect itself. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker reports as part of our climate change series, "Peril & Promise."

[Mindy]

Sioux City, Iowa


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa

Population • City • Estimate (2018) 82,396

[Lisnaholic]

I enjoy looking at the photos you post here, Mindfulness. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DANlDitqMwc

^ This was especially interesting as Davenport has a real dilemma on its hands. I was surprised when the (now ex-) mayor said, "we want to embrace the river, not fight it". That's a catchy slogan, but not much help when you are, as that bar-owner described it, "crotch-deep in water".

For myself, I can't seem to shrug off a morbid fascination with America's Rust Belt, which has brought me, inevitably, to Gary, Indiana. There are two good documentaries on Youtube explaining the town's demise, but I'll limit myself to posting a couple of pics:-

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

I enjoy looking at the photos you post here, Mindfulness. Thanks.



^ This was especially interesting as Davenport has a real dilemma on its hands. I was surprised when the (now ex-) mayor said, "we want to embrace the river, not fight it". That's a catchy slogan, but not much help when you are, as that bar-owner described it, "crotch-deep in water".

For myself, I can't seem to shrug off a morbid fascination with America's Rust Belt, which has brought me, inevitably, to Gary, Indiana. There are two good documentaries on Youtube explaining the town's demise, but I'll limit myself to posting a couple of pics:-

New mayor Mike Matson will have to probably decide on what to do in the next coming years about the flooding

[Mindy]

also thanks for liking this thread