>I found a site with crime in Allentown, and did a comparison with Memphis:
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>http://allentown.areaconnect.com/crime/compare.htm?c1=Allentown&s1=PA&c2=Memphis&s2=TN
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>I actually live about 15 miles outside downtown Allentown. Don't know if you've ever been to Allentown, but it's an embarrassing eye-sore. There are many nice areas outside Allentown, but the city itself is nasty. It seems that every time I listen to the radio, I hear a story about a downtown shooting.
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>Kevin

So far, Memphis has had 102 murders. How does that stack up to Allentown?

You know what they say, "it's hard to keep a good man down ... And it's
getting very hard to stay And we're living here in Allentown"