In a survey of the nation's most crime-ridden neighborhoods by Dr. Andrew Schiller of the website NeighborhoodScout.com, St. Louis' very own downtown, specifically the intersection of 14th Street and Martin Luther King Drive, ranked fourteenth.How nice that this statistic appears just in time for the All-Star Game!WalletPop.comBut take heart, St. Louisans: Downtown is not the most dangerous neighborhood in the state of Missouri or even within a 100-mile radius. Kansas City cracked the list twice
Photo: Nick SchnelleThe Humanoids perform at the Halo Bar during the RFT music showcase back in June. Things may be a little quieter on the local punk scene in the next few weeks as the Humanoids, Suburban Smash and God Fodder all depart Saturday for tours. Suburban Smash and God Fodder pile into a van (the last report was more than 10 people), while the Humanoids go it alone out East. The two groups meet up randomly on the first date of their respective tours, on Saturday in Indianapolis.T
St. Louis shares many things in common with Baltimore, Maryland. We have the same brick infrastructure, the same *&%@ed up government, the same run-away crime and -- now -- the same STD. Yesterday the Center for Disease Control published findings indicating that Baltimore has surpassed St. Louis as the most chlamydia-infested region of the country. In 2008, 1,235 people per 100,000 residents in St. Louis had chlamydia for a total of 4,300 total cases. Baltimore had a higher infection rate
