Do You Think Lubbock is a Dangerous City? [POLL]

Lubbock is known for many things. Buddy Holly, Texas Tech, cotton, dust storms, low unemployment, and being an affordable city are just some of the things we are known for. What about crime though? You don't hear much about it and if I were to ask someone on the street which city is more dangerous, Dallas or Lubbock, most would say Dallas. However according to Forbes, they would be wrong.

Forbes recently rated Lubbock as the 6th most dangerous city in the United States. Ouch.

With 808 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, the “Hub City,” as it is known, is an interesting example. Though it is in the northwestern part of the state, Lubbock may be the unfortunate beneficiary of its location as a transit hub for drugs coming north from Mexico. A few high-profile busts of gang members and of methamphetamine and cocaine dealers in the past few years attest to Lubbock’s difficulties with gang activities and drugs.

Interesting. Do you buy it? Is Lubbock really the 6th most dangerous city in America?