No, Boston is not a dangerous city. Id never been to Chelsea before, and Ill likely never go back because I wanted to kill myself the entire time I was there. Thisformer mill town is widely known for itsstate of the art factories: As a matter of fact, pretty much every street in Fall River ends because it runs into an abandoned factory. You can find out more about him on LinkedIn or his website. Dont wanna live in a place where the highway ends at a light? It was like friggen Concord or Sudbury. ", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "
For example, West Roxbury is the safest in Boston, while Central is considered dangerous by many based on recent crime stats.Compared to other big cities, the violent crime rate in Boston ranks 108th highest in America -- 13.75% worse than US average violent crime rate. There are much worse places to live in Massachusetts than Lowell, but youll probably crash two or three times driving down the Lowell Connector and then having to come to an abrupt stop for some reason: I dont wanna live in any place where the highway ends at a light. Economic development:Between 2011 and mid-March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the state, median family income in Lawrence, while still lagging behind, had climbed from 63 percent to 71 percent of the national average, according to the US Census Bureaus American Communities Survey. I grew up in Ware. I love my town. The property crime rate in the ranks 229th highest in the United States -- 29.72% better than US average property crime rate. Its mch worse than you portrayed here. With the overflowing trash in the front? This article is 10/+ humor. How'd we determine the most dangerous places in Red Sox country? It also has a lot of special features, such as the nationally renowned Webster yard sales: There are some auto-body shops right on the sidewalks so you can get your 1995 Minivan souped up for the holidays, There are some world class mansions protected by stolen shopping carts. 2) I am only 31 years old. We are all responsible for this bigger picture. With a name like turtleboy, you are a young child who still lives a home. I discovered this when up into recently I was with a woman from that vortex of EBT corner stores and drug use above Boston Everett, Sagus, Revere, Lynn, Chelsea, Malden and Melrose should lumped into on bit pit that makes Worcester look pretty classy And yes Melrose, Freaking MELROSE Melrose thinks they are a little yuppy enclave and so better than the neighbors a mile or so away each direction when in fact they are just the freaking customers for all the dealers in Malden and many of the people spending their SSI and EBT money along Revere beach in the warmers months while the rest of us work . Get a life, dude. Surprisingly, however, the state's most dangerous city is not one of the state's most populated. Great job including pictures from Lawrence within the Lynn segment. Let me guess, that could not by any chance have been the kid of a lawyer with the initials H.P. The downtown area may have been modern in the 1950s, but 60+ years later with no updates and run down buildings, not so much anymore. For a mid-sized city, its really not so bad. 0 Comments Just after the Fed released its report, back in February 2011, a tabloid-style sensationalist headline in Boston magazine famously labeled Lawrence the City of the Damned for the financial, social, and political challenges it faced. So cheer up folks, its not so bad here after all. Or, maybe the state's most dangerous cities need more police presence. But thats the difference between Worcester and Springfield. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks. There is a 175.6% chance you made this story up. Really? For example, North Adams had the second highest burglary rate in the state, recording 69 break-ins in 2020. Major crimes like murder, aggravated assault, and robberies surged by nearly 50 percent. There is NO way Templeton is even close to as trashy as Gardner, Winchendon or Athol. The house in Ware on the corner of Bellevue ave. is owned be one the few businesses left in the town CUETS APLIENSES. For our analysis, we focused on the JUST released 2020 data, specifically the 2020 Crime In The United States Report. Yes Ware has problems, but I grew up in Longmeadow, and there have been ODs and rashes of B&Es, and even boarded up abandoned houses. Throughout 2020, residents had a 1 in 122 shot of being robbed, raped, assaulted, or murdered. Clinton is a toilet ! But, as such, you'll have to contend with a high crime rate. Have you been to Hyannis in the last 10 years? The Riv is a prime example of what a city looks like when their entire economy revolves around an out of commission battleship. And what vibrant city would be complete without a hot nightlife scene downtown? Most accurate 2021 crime rates for Lowell, MA. So what criteria did we use? Entitled attitude; your right you definitely would not last five minutes in Springfield. By October 2019, after a decade of state control, Lawrence was consistently producing on-time budgets and annual surpluses; earned three credit rating increases; and had built its cash reserves to nearly $19 milliona cushion that has enabled the city to invest more in much-needed services for its residents. Almost every abandoned old mill in Lowell has been renovated to be high end living for young, upwardly mobile, commuters and the entire downtown is covered in them. The fact that these conditions exist should be motivation to clean it up. The 2020 Lawrence crime rate fell by 33% compared to 2019. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods. It was swiftly removed once the article broke. Agreed. With all due respect, the only reason nobodys pulled off the highway in Worcester and snapped a few shots within a half mile said highway is that nobodys really comfortable doing that. Starrett Company they employ thousands of people and is far from a run down mill. Note the latest reporting year from the FBI was 2020 and that no city in America is 'dangerous'. Long wait times for testing of dangerous drugs puts suspected fentanyl dealers back on the streets without charges Public Safety. The D grade means the rate of crime is higher than the average US city. The latest reporting year from the FBI was 2020. To get near us). Privacy Policy. Every year the FBI release two crime datasets, a preliminary dataset limited to the biggest cities in the country, followed by a more detailed release at the end of the year. Your pictures of were off of three streets with the exception of Big Bunny and one house were I have no idea where its located. If you play your cards right, you could get a job at the factory!! Spot on. Or was it the campground on Rt. What they forget to ad is that 95% of the rundown boarded up buildings are owned by slumlords from worcester who have been told that can not own anymore properties in worcester until that start doing repairs so they come west and run down property out this way and sit back and rake in $$$$, Im not from Southbridge, so dont know much about it, but driving through it a couple of years ago it looked like the tornado was devastating Hard to recover sometimes I think, just to give it the benefit of the doubt. As a matter of fact, weve decided to compile a list of 21 towns and cities in Massachusetts that are bigger dumps than Worcester. This list is so spot on that it hurts. You know, with all the crime. Known as a center for tourism, culture, and recreation, North Adams is also starting to be recognized as quite a dangerous place. Which makes me question a few of the other towns on your list that I havent seen for myself. I have lived in MA for now 15 years. What an enjoyable read! But who is that for? Most accurate 2021 crime rates for New Bedford, MA. Its just too pristine to stay out of. 2 that your buddies rode by. The Worcester Art Museum and Worcester Center for Craft bring art to the town. Trust me, I could keep going with the comparisons but I dont have the time. Its something Id expect from a couple of high school dropouts sitting on the couch smoking meth. I really enjoy reading the comments from people that get offended by stuff like this (and the people that refuse to use punctuation other than multiple periods.). You know youre in the wrong part of town when you come across the Mission Church. No injuries were reported, and there was no one . The number of homicides stood at 5 - an increase of 2 compared to 2019. Oh, and stay away from Van Horn Park and Armory Street, lest you get mugged, hit by a stray bullet, or AIDS from stepping on an illegally discarded hypodermic needle. Both winchendon and Gardner are nicer cities than wocester in practically every way. I live in southbridge and work in worcester. Every time I drive in CT I cant help but feel it is somehow cleaner, the roads are smoother, things are better kept, the standard of living is just higher. Honorable mentions:Orange, Spencer, Quincy, Everett, Saugus, Haverhill, Winchendon, Shirley, Gardner, Malden, Medford. YEAH NI$$A DATS MY TOWN RITE THERE! You can go to any city any state and find bad if you look for it. Located some 20 miles north of Springfield, Hadley is Massachusetts' fifth most dangerous place. Perhaps Turtleboy is a female Asian, being anonymous, the possibilities are endless. And of course Webster is the perfect place to raise a family. After analyzing 240 cities in Massachusetts, Holyoke takes the top spot as the most dangerous city in Massachusetts based on the most recently reported FBI data -- 2020. Some of the places you listed and some on your honorable mention list are places Ive considered and searched for property. Hadley had the 59th highest rate of rape cases in the state, accounting for 25% of all violent crimes committed over the year. We do have some embarrassing bars, but living in Templeton is amazing. Your IP: Congratulations Lawrence, you are the dumpiest city in Massachusetts. Trying to compare places like Warren and Springfield to Lynn or Revere is a total stretch. Give it a year or two and itll have that Southbridge look to it, but South Main is already there. You wanna go up to a cop or asomeone who seems to be able to spell their name, and ask them where you can find the dumpiest parts of town? While Massachusetts was not in the top ten most dangerous states in the country, Springfield is one of the most dangerous cities in the country. HAHAHAHAHA!! Go to iraq then complain. Seriously, quite a bit of ignorance in this opinion piece But all 21 of these places are easily worse places to live than Worcester. They usually headline with one of their world famous unsolved murders. And I hope you like falling asleep to the sound of 727s flying over your head on the way to Logan Airport, because there are a never ending supply of those in Chelsea. They never claim to have any journalistic integrity or do actual reporting. Do your research, go to these places you insult FIRST before you give an opinion of places you have NEVER been. Not justify it by saying that other towns have them too or there are nice parts of town too. Because thats all Charlemont apparently is an oversized trailer park in the middle of nowhere. Gorgeous!Compared to other big cities, the violent crime rate in Boston ranks 108th highest in America -- 13.75% worse than US average violent crime rate. Yeah, some of this list was a HUGE stretch, like Charlemont and maybe Adams (though I once saw an 11 year old child walking down Route 8 in broad daylight smoking a cigarette, along with more 16 year olds with children than I care to remember). As the Boston Feds president and CEO, Eric Rosengren, explained to a business roundtable in 2012, Resurgent cities have developed a vision for progress that has the shared support of the entire community and a variety of leaders., In other words, when it comes to leading positive change for struggling cities, there is no i in team.. The Lawrence Police Department had asked people to not go near Saratoga Street. On the plus side for Charlemont, you can get away to Mohawk Trail State Park, which is beautiful and a great place to take that someone special camping by Cold River. From its never ending supply of abandoned, barbed-wire protected parking lots, to its highly desirable housing projects, Nothing screams American Dream more than Holyoke. Everyone I have ever encountered from Lowell is portrayed perfectly in that film. The large majority of us are mindlessly fallowing along as cunsuming American idiots buying more imported chines gadgets than we have places to keep. I Am Turtleboy Now On Sale On Amazon, Buy Yours Today, Subscribe to receive email notification every time we publish a new blog, Worcester And Competing Crack Dens Ranked Top 10 Places To Live-Work In Massachusetts - Turtleboy Sports, Top 100 Most Popular Turtleboy Blogs Of 2015 - Turtleboy Sports, Colrain Man Who Drove Drunk On Rims, Passed Out In Car, Is So Colrain It Hurts - Turtleboy Sports, Springfield City Councilor Wants Sgt. Transportation:In the Commonwealth, especially outside of Boston, getting from place to place without an automobile can be one of the biggest barriers to education, employment, health care, and daily living for low-income residents of Gateway Cities like Lawrence. Its so old and decrepit. And the front porches are covered in the world famous Adams pricker bushes: or unused grills, which can be used for imaginary Adams barbecues: You might recognize Lynn from the 10:00 news. Probably 50,000+ people live on the West Side and we try to keep it looking nice. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations. I lived in Worcester for a year. Apr 24, 2023 - 4:45pm Ms. Blair, maybe you or your neighbor would like to enlighten us how youre going to have Turtleboy remove the picture of East St. (in whatever town). Its not so good either. But, if you visit, come with open eyes. 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Until we do we are all equally contributing to the spread of this rash. But I love that like a true Woostahite oah whatevah ya call it, you actually used wicked in a sentence. We want to point out again that there's still safes places in Holyoke and that this isn't a comment on the people that live there. It continued last spring, during what the Boston Herald. (Photo via Creative Commons by Dick Howe Jr.), By Lane Glenn Cloudflare Ray ID: 7c0622263d1286d4 We aim to deliver infotainment about where you live that your real estate agent won't tell you. Learn more about the safest places in Massachusetts. If you think the Boston Common is nice, wait until you see Central Park in Mattapan: And the streets are vibrant and full of rich culture. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Look at the Indian motocycle factory in Springfield. So much of it was spelled wrong, pictures taken from only certain parts of towns, and the most infantile picture captioning Ive ever seen. RoadSnacks is reader-supported. Lawrence Crime Data Crime Index 36 (100 is safest) Safer than 36% of U.S. Cities Lawrence Annual Crimes Violent Crime Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents) 20 15 10 5 0 4.08 3.05 National Median: 4 Lawrence Massachusetts Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime 1 in 245 in Lawrence See, there is even a cool new website called Google with maps and pictures of the earth. The GSA takes over a couple of scrap yards, builds offices and tells agencies that is their new office. Try to tell me that you wouldnt wanna live here. Hi. Great approach to over tax the few who work, forcing them to live in neighborhoods that become slums while their neighbours live freely off that assistance. I attended college in Worcester 30 years ago and recently drove there for work only to discover that almost everything is either the same or worse how the fuck is that possible? random shady white kidnap vans from the movies: barbed wire fences protecting abandoned lots from loitering: and best of all $0.99 Natural Light 25 ouncers: Show me a place in Worcester where you can buy a 25 ounce Natural Light for your morning slum sociable. Were relying on the wrong pharmacies for vaccinations, DOC moving slowly on home confinement releases, Westwood chided for lackluster MBTA Communities plan, Momentum building for removing another barrier for immigrants, renovating and rededicating the Dimitry Building, who recently left office to become the next president and CEO of MassDevelopment, Merrimack Valley Police Academy at Northern Essex Community College, One Citys Road to Recovery Offers Lessons, Hope, The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation, Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges. Outsiders will probably lean more towards avoid it, but don't have the insider's perspective that matters. Here are just a few of the ways the city of Lawrence is remarkably different today than it was a decade ago: City finances: In 2010, Lawrence was facing a $27 million operating deficit. Just plain screwed up. Thanks for strengthening my opinion of (some of) the people who live in Worcester. The property crime rate in the Bay State ranks 50th highest in the United States -- 46.22% better than US average property crime rate. Congratulations Lawrence, you are the dumpiest city in Massachusetts. Lawrence has a Livability Score of 56 /100, which is considered poor. Passable for somebut you would not want to stay there long. The state had to step in with special legislation authorizing the city to float $35 million in bonds, and appointing a fiscal overseer to put the budget back in order. Streets in the area were closed. Im from manchaug.its not all that bad. Located smack dab in the middle of Holyoke and Springfield, Chicopee location doesn't do it any favors, vis a vis crime. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. LAWRENCE - Five people were hurt and one person died following a shooting during a house party in Lawrence early Sunday morning. Being a Worcester native myself, this article makes me pine for a triple decker with Christmas lights that have been up since 1984. I took it as lighthearted goofball trashtalk. For more information email us or call us at (978) 974-0770, x7016. Im sorry but you think you know the streets and your hard ok. You are very entitled to your opinion but honestly common sense and knowing better will keep you alive. This article is an opinion based on facts and is meant as infotainment. Ware shouldnt be this bad, but somehow it excels. That is exactly how it looks, and exactly what I grew up around. The drug joke didnt sit well with me, but thats much more cuz people die from that , than anything youre doing on a humor site.