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I don't condone insulting america, even if what htey say is true, just for our benefit. Canada's cities suffer from many of the same issues as most large american cities (Pollution, traffic, crime, unemployment, homelessness), and we can't and should not say ""ha ha! we're better than you because we don't have , and you do!"", since most cities have them.

I don't try to bash my city or say it's a bad place, and contrary to how i feel, the city actually HAS been getting better in recent years (2003-now), despite crime rates increasing somewhat. Homelessness is down slightly, violent crime was down right up until our first-ever cop killing... our main problems are unemployment and petty theft/small crimes like robbery. our rape level is low, as is our murder rape. Windsor's main issues for crime are assaults, threats, and burglary/ Break-And-Enter (B&E;).

Now, one might get confused when they say ""but coonfox, you just said it has the highest crime rate!"" True, we do per capita. We have more Break-And-Enters and convenience store robberies than any other city in canada when adjusted to population. Overall, though, Toronto, Ontario and Metro Detroit still beat us, since they have around 4 million people each (20x our population). And yes, only Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec/Val-d'Or, Quebec (#1) and Sudbury, Ontario (#2) beat windsor for unemployment. Times are tough for everyone right now.

That's just my $C0.02.    "