Where does Baltimore fall the latest round of safe cities as defined by Forbes? With ratings based not just on the crime rate, but also on workplace fatalities, traffic-related deaths and natural disaster risk, Baltimore City came in 26
th.
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"After living five years in New York City and waiting tables while working part time as actors, Pamela Russell and her husband Todd were looking for a safer, cheaper place to put down roots--without giving up all the city perks that they so enjoyed in the Big Apple. Luckily for them, they chanced upon the Twin Cities.
"We drove into Minneapolis and fell in love almost instantly," says Russell, now 38, who settled in Minneapolis with her husband and started a theater company--as well as a family of five kids--10 years ago. "Among the buzz and hum of Minneapolis, the biggest bonus of it all is that the crime rates are shockingly low. Sure, we lock our home at night, but we feel very safe living here."
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