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Obama’s most dangerous neighborhoods

by: Madcap Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the country

This report does not include the chances of falling into a pothole that will kill ya…

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous “neighborhoods” in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recently released study of FBI crime statistics shows.

Folks who lived near 55th and State — less than two miles from President Obama’s house and the possible site of a future Olympic stadium — had a 1-in-4 chance of becoming a victim of violent crime each year between 2005 and 2007, according to NeighborhoodScout.com…

Chicago was the only city to land more than two neighborhoods on the list, which ranked danger by calculating the number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents in a census tract.

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As of 2008, around 4,700 residents remained in Cabrini-Green…

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