Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Why Seattle escaped Forbes miserable cities list
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Misery that comes from bankruptcy and massive foreclosure epidemics and crime rates that are off the charts. (On other words, maybe a little dampness isn't the end of the world after all.) Forbes isn't saying that Seattle is without it's share of …

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Seattle makes another Top Ten list – Best Run Cities
TheNewsTribune.com (blog)
Seattle, a charter member of the Top Ten club again makes the list at number seven on the list of Best Run Cities. In compiling those lists, 24/7 Wall Street considered violent crime rates, poverty, the citizenry's education achievement and the city's …

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Costumed crusaders prowl cities at night
San Francisco Chronicle
The X-Men are ostracized mutants. And let's not even get started on the wealthy Bruce Wayne – he of the Bat Cave and Boy Wonder sidekick. Some crime fighters have run afoul of authority. In Seattle, for example, a man in a muscle suit, Phoenix Jones, …

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Council Makes it Easier for Churches to Host Tent Cities
PubliCola
There's no evidence that I'm aware of that hosting tent city has ever substantially increased a Seattle neighborhood's crime rate. Who has the bigger problem? The person that is fretting about the value of his house or the person with no where to live? …

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Guardian Angels will tend to cities of Youngstown, Warren
Youngstown Vindicator
While the presence in the Ma- honing Valley of members of an international crime-watch organization should provide residents of Youngstown and Warren with a certain sense of security, it is discouraging that the region's two largest communities are …

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OregonLive.com

'Portlandia,' and how TV depicts other cities, from Baltimore to Seattle
OregonLive.com
Consider these examples of cities, and the shows that have told their stories: What we've learned about Baltimore: It's crime-ridden. Corrupt. Violent. …

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KOMO News

People Don't Move to Cities Because It's Easy to Drive There
PubliCola
… In a somewhat unhinged column at the PI.com today, Joel Connelly accuses Mayor Mike McGinn of driving Seattle residents to the suburbs. McGinn's crime? …
Mayor's budget hits community centers in wealthier areas, city employeesReal Change News

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Cities & Counties Back USA Against Arizona
Courthouse News Service
Police departments' ability to "engage in effective crime detection, investigation, prosecution, and prevention" will be undermined, endangering all members …

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Washington, D.C., Tops List of Healthiest U.S. Cities
U.S. News & World Report
Being poor or disabled or living in an area prone to violent crime were also linked to a greater risk for having a variety of health concerns, …
America's 50 Largest Metro Areas Get Their Annual PhysicalPR Newswire (press release)

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