Remember the post about the dumpster drama? Although it was amusing to recount all of the craziness surrounding the dumpster, I also mentioned that Forbes had listed this area as the 6th best place to raise a family.
I also said I thought they got it wrong. I may have called them delusional.
Today a friend sent me a link that corroborates my feeling.
Behold! The list of the Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. (Population over 25,000). We are number 50! Go us! Newburgh, which isn't too far away, is number 12. That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
I'll say it again: I would love to know where the folks at Forbes got their crime stats from. My neighborhood alone gives evidence to the contrary. It's in the post right before this -- I'm not linking you to it. You are totally capable of clicking on it in the sidebar on your own. I believe in you.
Sometimes a little validation feels so nice.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Titanic
Everyone and everything seems to be about the Titanic lately, since it is the 100th anniversary of the sinking. I will admit that I am not immune. The past few nights you could find me in front of the television watching the James Cameron and Bob Ballard shows on the National Geographic Channel, and tonight's programming on PBS.
The loss of life was absolutely terrible. The check to mankind's hubris left an indelible mark on the world.
I think the reason that it resonates so deeply with people, after all of this time, is that society really hasn't changed all that much. It might not be as rigidly defined and stratified as it was back then, but there is still an incredible gap between the rich and poor. If I had been on Titanic I would have been in steerage, and I would have been screwed. Most people would have been.
I think it was James Cameron in his program who said that the Titanic heading toward the iceberg is like our world dealing with climate change. To paraphrase what he said from memory: we know the problem is coming, but we are still heading straight toward it without changing course. The rich will have no problem getting potable water, arid land, food. It will be the rest of us, the poor being hit particularly hard, who will suffer the most. I think that is a very good comparison.
We might not like it, and we might not dwell on it every day, but we all know it is the way the world works. That's why Titanic still resonates so much, I think. We can all place ourselves in that ship and know what our fate would most likely have been.
The loss of life was absolutely terrible. The check to mankind's hubris left an indelible mark on the world.
I think the reason that it resonates so deeply with people, after all of this time, is that society really hasn't changed all that much. It might not be as rigidly defined and stratified as it was back then, but there is still an incredible gap between the rich and poor. If I had been on Titanic I would have been in steerage, and I would have been screwed. Most people would have been.
I think it was James Cameron in his program who said that the Titanic heading toward the iceberg is like our world dealing with climate change. To paraphrase what he said from memory: we know the problem is coming, but we are still heading straight toward it without changing course. The rich will have no problem getting potable water, arid land, food. It will be the rest of us, the poor being hit particularly hard, who will suffer the most. I think that is a very good comparison.
We might not like it, and we might not dwell on it every day, but we all know it is the way the world works. That's why Titanic still resonates so much, I think. We can all place ourselves in that ship and know what our fate would most likely have been.
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