<p>I have absolutely no information to offer as to Philadelphia; however, my homepage just had a headline about the list of 15 most dangerous cities in America - based on rankings in various areas - murder, car theft, assault, rape, robbery, and burglary. Out of curiosity I clicked on the list, and discovered that I have lived in 3 of the cities on it, plus spent a fair amount of time in one of the others. </p>
<p>I have only once been the victim of a crime, and that was based on our own sheer stupidity. 25 years ago, my husband and I parked late at night (after rehearsal, of course!) on a city street, with 2 leather coats and a briefcase thrown in the back seat of the car. When we returned to the car, the window had been broken out, and the coats and briefcase were history. Believe me, this could happen in ANY city - and quite probably most suburban or rural areas as well, given the wrong place/wrong time/wrong person walking by.</p>
<p>Two of the cities were absolutely marvelous places to live, and I wouldn’t give up my time in them for anything – the 3rd, I could have done without, but it had nothing to do with any safety perspectives - I just didn’t love the place.</p>
<p>(By the way - Philadelphia was NOT on the list!)</p>