We're number two. We're number two.
Forbes.com is out with its latest list, "America's Safest Cities." The list ranks America's safest cities, and not just for their crime rates. As the publication notes, "in ranking the cities on our list, we looked at workplace fatalities, traffic-related deaths and natural disaster risk."
Milwaukee ranked second, falling only behind America's safest city, Minneapolis. Greater Milwaukee was "buoyed by the lowest natural disaster risk" of the cities Forbes considered.
Even though our "violent crime" rank was 24 out of 40 cities, other safety indexes helped boost Milwaukee's rank.
Sure, Milwaukee has its pockets of unsafe neighborhoods but, in general, I'd agree that greater Milwaukee - especially Downtown - is very safe. And, for a city our size, extraordinarily clean. Forbes seems to agree.
The "most unsafe" (#40) city? Miami. Chicago, for the record, was tied with Dallas and Austin at #15. St. Louis was #34.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
