Raleigh Ties for Second 'Safest Feeling' City in U.S.
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April 10, 2013
Raleigh Ties for Second 'Safest Feeling' City in U.S.
The Raleigh-Cary area came in tied for second in a Gallup poll asking residents if they “felt comfortable walking alone in their community at night.” The poll was conducted among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the nation.
The Denver-Aurora, Colo., area tied Raleigh-Cary with 78 percent of respondents replying “yes” to the question. The Minneapolis-St. Paul area took first place with 80 percent responding in the affirmative.
Rounding out the top five were three areas tied at 77 percent. They are Austin-Round Rock, Texas; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.; and Salt Lake City.
The average level of perceived safety among those living in the largest MSAs is 71 percent. The national average is 72 percent.
The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord MSA fell below this average at 68 percent. That is the only other North Carolina MSA tested in the poll.
The data are based on Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data collected throughout 2012. Results are based on telephone interviews with random samples of adults aged 18 and older, living in the 50 largest MSAs. Interviews are conducted on landline telephones and cellular phones.
This is the second year that the Raleigh-Cary area has tied for second place nationally in this poll. In 2012 Minneapolis and Boston tied for first place with 79 percent. Raleigh tied with Austin with 77 percent.
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