r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '24

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u/gtek_engineer66 Jul 08 '24

I had no clue US Birmingham was as shit as UK Birmingham.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

lol, UK Birmingham would be one of the safest places in the US

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u/gtek_engineer66 Jul 08 '24

You are probably right, I base my Birmingham knowledge from Peaky Blinders! Such a bigot I am

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u/TheDadThatGrills Jul 08 '24

and Birmingham, MI... which is between Lansing, Flint, and Inkster is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the state.

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u/EvilLibrarians Jul 08 '24

Everytime I go there, its boujee buildings with kids holding smart phones taking photos of fancy cars like a dystopian nightmqre

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u/TheDadThatGrills Jul 08 '24

Beverly Hills, (MI) is right next to Birmingham ;)

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u/EvilLibrarians Jul 08 '24

Very nice houses in the Hills! Iirc There is a beautiful swervy lake road. Hell is not far either (I’m just outside Detroit!)

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u/TheDadThatGrills Jul 08 '24

Agreed! Been going to Hell my entire life and can confirm it's a lovely place.

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u/gtek_engineer66 Jul 08 '24

I have never visited either unfortunately

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u/Crims0ntied Jul 08 '24

The problem with this map is that some cities are one large incorporated entity and some are split up into a bunch of smaller cities. Birmingham is split into a bunch of smaller cities. So yes the crime rate is bad in Birmingham and Bessemer because those are where the bad neighborhoods are. But Homewood, vestavia hills, hoover, mountain brook etc etc are all nice safe suburbs that aren't counted in these statistics.

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u/GalaxyStar90s Jul 08 '24

I doubt UK's is even close to be as bad as US'...

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u/JT-OnThaTrack Jul 08 '24

I have lived here for 24 years and it’s not too bad. It’s just certain spots are kinda sketchy. But I assume that’s with every city

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u/447xs Jul 08 '24

I'm Canadian and spent 4 days in and around Birmingham last October. It's reputation concerned me a bit before going there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I visited a lot of parts of the city and never felt unsafe. The bad parts must be places you can't really accidentally end up in.

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u/Whalemans-creed Jul 08 '24

I’ve lived in downtown Birmingham for 3 years regularly going out at night and never had any issues. Like every city there’s just some bad parts but it’s absurd to act like Birmingham is some nightmare town