"I live in a high risk city for terrorism -- do you" ???

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They just listed the largest cities in each State. It didn't take a rocket scientist to come up with a list like this. I could have done it easily. I would have added a few places these dolts missed.
 
Well, I live in Boston, so I don't even have to look. I know I'm at risk.

I looked anyway, to see how they ranked me, but couldn't figure out.

Something that I found, though....

Massachusetts
Boston

Springfield

Worchester
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What/where the heck is "Worchester"? Is it at all close to "Worcester"? :scrutiny:

I would be interested to take a look at a .gov ranking of the most at-risk cities. Just for curiousity's sake.
 
Well of course I live in a high risk city. But I'm actually outside the city limits in a semi rural area. I know which of my neighbors are armed and which stick their heads in the sand. Our neighborhood may have to close it's borders.
 
After reading the list, I agree that they mostly took the major population centers from each state.

However, based on some of the reasons that would make a city a real target, lets see where mine rates.

Transportation hubs?

Check. Three major interstates converge downtown

Near military installations? Check.
Ft. Knox
Ft. Campbell
KY Air National Guard C-130s

Industry? Check.
Three auto plants in the region
UPS hub

I also agree that living out in a rural area won't make you any less vulnerable. Our enemy despises our very way of life. That's why the 9/11 attacks had a symbolic component. What's more symbolic (and a softer target due to fewer police) than a small town right out of a Norman Rockwell painting?
 
Uh who ever wrote this list needs to be slapped. There are far more influintial targets to hit than just large cities, and the list misses some of the more important ones. I tend to view myself as not statistically signifcant enough to worry all of the time. I do work in DC, I know what I think the risks are as much as everyone else thinks they know what the risks are, and most of it doesn't make any since. Why does it seem like gun owners are the only ones not duct taping themselves in their houses already?
Am I missing something here, or is there a big DUH waiting for somebody from hopkins to walk face first into?
 
Close, but no cigar. But about 100 miles north of me and 225 miles south of me is still probably too close.
 
The S.F. Bay Area hosts no less than FOUR of the cities in Kaliforny. I worked in Fremont not too long ago, and the last place I lived and worked was San Jose. Palo Alto's not listed, but we have an over-abundance of rich corporate world HQ's, but we also have Stanford University and its bouyant flock of Human Shields-in-training.


Fremont. Why? Dimkum south-eastside middle-class town with no character beyond Elmwood, the local jail. Hmm. Contains the west coast Norad hub. That'd be hard to take out with improvised explosives, and an alert set of Air Force security.

Oakland. HUGE industrial port. Remember the port-worker's strike? Also a Huge population center, biggest drug market in the nation, and nowhere you want to live if you can afford to move.

San Francisco. The City. Lots o' people, lots o' prestige. 'Nuff said.


San Jose. The Heart of the Silicon Valley, and current holder of Kaliforny's economy in abeyance. Major corporate center, major industrial center, population 900,000 souls, all spread-out suburb style. Northern Kaliforny's slice of L.A.


Couple of points.

1.) All cities mentioned are Central or Southern Bay Area. S.F. and Oaktown are at either end of the Oakland Bay Bridge, Oakland being dead in the center of th east side of the bay. San Jose and Fremont wrap around the southern tip of the bay, and are seperated by only one city. The North Bay, home of Beserkely and home to the Anti-American movement, failed to be mentioned. :rolleyes:


2.) The whole San Francisco Bay Area is completely urbanized around it's entire length on both sides. All the cities touch at the edges, and it's basically a single metropolis from San Jose to The City on the west side, and San Jose ALL THE WAY to the other end of the Bay where the river comes in, and back down most of the Northern peninsula towards S.F.. Seen from the air at night, there are continuos pools of light bordering the whole bay for a few miles, with a giant pool for San Jose.

Last I read, the Bay Area is home to some 20-odd MILLION people. It's the fourth largest concentration of bodies in the country. Just like during the Cold War, most of us simply assume we're giong to be targeted, accept and prepare it, and forget about it until it matters. That's how I dismissed the Cold war. When you KNOW you won't survive, you don't worry anymore.

Granted, terrorist attacks are different than the cold war, but I've had YEARS of experience not worrying about nukes. The skill translates readily, so I just made sure I've got water,food, and guns and ammo about.
 
Pretty much all the high risk cities are places with high populations and some amount of industry, commerce, or military influence.

No doubt would these be candidates for terrorist attacks, but they undoubtedly are, and have been, risky places to live as an individual. Generally, as population goes up, the chances for crimes tend to go up as well.

Truthfully, are you more worried about being attacked through terrorists or by some thug on the street who wants your lunch money and your ride?

If you live in any of those cities and you are not already prepared to deal with normal everyday types of violence/crime, then I can't see you gearing up for a terrorist attack.

Terrorist attacks are big media events, but statistically they still rank as being very low in terms of whether or not you will be injured or killed at the hands of terrorists.
 
Looks like they just based it on population. In Tennessee, they went for the four largest cities, including Cookeville which has no targets of real value. They also ignored Clarksville (right beside Fort Campbell) and Oak Ridge (which has one or two places of value).
 
YUP and work in the Petrochemical industry and will respond to any major fire or explosion in the area, checked out the ole bunker gear tonight, just got to deal with what comes our way
chin up and Semper Fi boys
 
Oh goody-goody, I don't live in one of the mentioned cities. Therefore I am as safe as can be. I DO have to wonder just who compiled the list & how it was done. 'Cause, you see, I live in a city with an active wing of F-16's on one side of town & one of the two active minuteman missle bases in the US on the other side of town. So let's see, the current M-man is a MIRV vehicle; they's gotta be spare warheads, maintenance replacements & all that hangin' around. So let's say about 1000 warheads not in the silos.

So, whadda you guys think? Want to trade places with me 'cause this town's safe? C'mon guys, don't all speak up at once. 900F
 
do you?

Nope, looks like nothing in Idaho made the list. Just another example of what happens when you live in a state that has a potato on their license plate.
 
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