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| Cover Story: |
MYRTLE VICE?
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| Written By: |
Andrew Davis
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| Issue Date: |
January 24, 2013
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| Summary: |
How could Myrtle Beach be more dangerous than Chicago, D.C. and Atlanta?
If you’re looking at the recent “Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S.” report released by NeighborhoodScout.com where Myrtle Beach is ranked No. 21 on the list, it’s easy to believe that a trip here may be like vacationing in a war zone. The report claims Myrtle Beach is more dangerous than much larger cities such as Atlanta (No. 26), Baltimore (No. 27), Washington, D.C. (No. 46), and Chicago (No. 79) – the latter of which hit an alarming 500 murders in 2012.
The astounding ranking leaves Myrtle Beach spokesperson Mark Kruea questioning the results. Kruea doesn’t dispute the reported number of crimes, just how the city’s per capita crime rate is calculated. “At any point in time between May and September, we may have 250,000 people in town. Literally 10-fold greater (than the year-round population).”
However, Andrew Schiller, CEO of Location, Inc., the location-based data company behind the NeighborhoodScout.com, disagrees. “There are hundreds of cities in the United States that are major tourist destinations,” says Schiller. “And while often times visitors who come to a city can perpetrate crimes or have crimes perpetrated on them – that aren’t counted in the population – we do see a distinct pattern in that many of these cities, which are significant tourist locations, do not come up on our list of 100 most dangerous cities in America.”
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