Shit hole cities? Probably not.

I know I'm weird, but when the president starts condemning cities as hell holes because of their crime rates. my first instinct is to look at the numbers. So here are the top 20 cities in the US in terms of violent crimes against persons, per 100,000 population, according to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_United_States_cities_by_…
City
St. Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Kansas City
Cleveland
Memphis
Newark
Chicago
Cincinnati
Mobile
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Stockton
Tulsa
Washington, D.C.

So, yeah, Baltimore and Chicago are in the top 20 (Chicago is #11). And older cities tend to have higher crime rates than do younger cities. And Indianapolis is #17 on the list.

But, how about murders? Well, for starters, neither Baltimore nor Chicago is in the top 20. Chicago is #36 & Baltimore is #41. (Indianapolis falls out of the Top 20, all the way down to 25.)

City
New Orleans
Anchorage
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Spokane
Columbus
Tulsa
Detroit
Colorado Springs
Denver
Wichita
Cincinnati
Oakland
Tucson
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Memphis
Aurora

Or aggravated assault? Albuquerque?
Baltimore is #18. Chicago is #56. (Indianapolis? #27. Looks like Indy is more of a hell hole than Chicago...)

City
Albuquerque
Spokane
Memphis
San Francisco
St. Louis
Oakland
Portland
Baton Rouge
Wichita
Tulsa
Orlando
Mobile3
Anchorage
Seattle
Tucson
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Cleveland
San Antonio

Why am I not surprised that, once again, he doesn't know what he's talking about...