By David N. Goodman, The Associated Press DETROIT — In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.
Last year's crime leader, St. Louis, fell to No. 2. Another Michigan city, Flint, ranked third [with credit due, undoubtedly, to the "Nacho Libre" robber], followed by Oakland, Calif.; Camden, N.J.; Birmingham, Ala.; North Charleston, S.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Richmond, Calif.; and Cleveland. Denver was the 87th-most dangerous city.
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On the other hand, Denver takes the hit as "Most Dangerously Drunk City".
From "Who woulda drunk it? Denver No. 1" (By Bill Husted, The Denver Post 11/20/2007):
Drunk again. In 2004, Men's Health magazine named Denver the drunkest city in America.
In the upcoming December issue of Men's Health, we're again named No. 1 in drunkenness - and to put a capper on it, we're the "Most Dangerously Drunk City." Colorado Springs comes in as the third-drunkest city.
The mag came up with the rankings by factoring in "annual death rates due to alcoholic liver disease, as well as who's headed there by regularly downing five or more drinks in a sitting. Next, we factored in drunk-driving arrests and the percentage of fatal accidents involving intoxicated motorists. Then, after tallying the MADD report card on state efforts to cut down on excessive drinking, we had our ranking and, for the state of Colorado, an invitation to AA."
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