Worst Traffic & Most Dangerous Cities

I was reading on MSN their list of the 10 Worst Traffic Cities and the 20 Most Dangerous cities. A few surprises.


10 WORST TRAFFIC CITIES

• Los Angeles - average 14 mph, worst time at Thursday 5pm
• New York City - worst time at Friday 5pm
• Chicago - average 11.1 mph
• Washington DC - designed to confuse in case of an attack
• Dallas-Ft Worth - spend 43 hrs a week in traffic
• Houston - 2nd most fortune 500 companies next to NYC
• San Francisco-Oakland - multiple bridges clogs everything
• Boston - Beantown was designed way before the automobile was invented
• Seattle-Tacoma - only mass transit is buses
• Philadelphia - spend 45 hrs a week in traffic

20 MOST DANGEROUS CITIES

Study compiled by the CQPress and compared city crime rates with the national average.

They include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft.

1. St. Louis, MO
2. Camden, NJ
3. Detroit, MI
4. Flint, MI
5. Oakland, CA
6. Richmond, CA
7. Cleveland, OH
8. Compton, CA
9. Gary, IN
10. Birmingham, AL
11. Baltimore, MD
12. Memphis, TN
13. New Orleans, LA
14. Jackson, MS
15. Little Rock, AR
16. Baton Rouge, LA
17. Buffalo, NY
18. New Haven, CT
19. Hartford, CT
20. Dayton, OH

Sources:

http://specials.msn.com/A-List/News/Worst-Traffic-Cities.aspx?cp-documentid=28131258&imageindex=1&cp-searchtext=Worst%20Traffic%20Cities&FORM=MSNIIT

http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Life...rica.aspx?cp-documentid=28135840&imageindex=1