Orlando is the Nation's 25th most dangerous city

[350ceo]

The report was released today. I know numbers can be manipulated but I never got the impression that Orlando was a violent place. Of course, all I've ever really seen is the airport.

http://www.wwlp.com/news2004/story.html?artID=410774

 

[maggiegrace1]

I'm just excited that Louisiana is not on the "Most Dangerous List." We are always in the bottom rung, so I just assumed.

:sohappy: I was shocked..Im from Metairie...

 

[forbidden donut]

There is a $1.50 public bus from the heart of downtown Orlando to the TTC and back, every half hour during the day. It's odd to think that anyone could get on that bus so easily and just be right near the Magic Kingdom, walking distance from the Polynesian.

Just recently there was a robbery at the BouTIKI store in the Great Ceremonial House! - 2 guys overpowered a castmember and cleaned out one of the registers.(I learned this from one of the other cast members that works there.)

 

[disneydaft]

Errr... what about Windermere, where I live? Or Winter Park? Or Thornton Park?

Or the new Baldwin Park

http://www.baldwinparkfl.com

I can't imagine them selling many of the $1 million plus homes if it wasn't a nice area.

 

[disneydaft]

Just recently there was a robbery at the BouTIKI store in the Great Ceremonial House! - 2 guys overpowered a castmember and cleaned out one of the registers.(I learned this from one of the other cast members that works there.)

Then went back to the TTC and waited 30 minutes for the next bus? :lol:

 

[forbidden donut]

Then went back to the TTC and waited 30 minutes for the next bus? :lol:

I have heard of dumber criminals, but I seriously doubt that they came and went by bus.
But I wouldnt put it past them!

 

[ilovejr71292]

look at it this way when you are in Disney World are you really thinking "Oh im in ORLANDO!" NO your goin "IM IN DISNEY WORLD!!!!" hello people it aint the same

 

[DWGIRL]

Speaking from personal experience you are not safe from crime while within WDW either. In May of 2004, our car was broken into in the Epcot parking lot. My wallet was locked in a lock box inside. They got into my wallet and stole what cash I had but left everything else. We thought it was just a lesson learned until two weeks after we returned home. We got calls from our credit card companies saying there were all these huge charges on our cards in Florida that day. Obviously we were not responsible for the charges. Long story short, the criminals had swiped the cards that were in my wallet that day into a machine they had and then left the cards in my wallet so we thought we were ok. They then made new cards with our numbers and managed to steal over $5000 from several checking accounts. We got all of the money back except the cash. It was a good wake up call and made us realize we need to be much more careful even in WDW.

 

[LouDisney]

I am from Birmingham and we were number 6. I hate that every year we are in the top ten, but every city has it's good and bad parts. Unfortunately crime can happen anywhere. You just have to be cautious and aware of your surroundings. I have never felt unsafe in Orlando, but again, I try to be cautious of my surroundings, as best I can.

 

[hokielutz]

Washington DC local media has been making a huge stink about how so many crimes occurred during the spring/early summer and demanded that the politicians do something about it... so they setup up earlier curfews, more OT cops... yet we are only 19th on the list from this supposed crime spree we experienced.

From the media reactions... it seemed like we would be number 1