Maybe it's just a slow news day, but there were quite a few inspirational/interesting stories in the Metro section of this morning's Dallas Morning News.
Spat with mom is one for the books - Pre-teen gets mad at her mom, writes a novel about what it would be like to run away and sells several hundred copies. There's a website at www.runawayhotel.com and a portion of the proceeds goes to CITY House, a Plano shelter for teens.
Making sure their cups runneth over too - The Rev. Joel Pulis starts a church specifically to cater to the mentally handicapped who wouldn't normally be welcome in most other churches. (It made me wonder what the Jewish perspective on disruptive people at services is?)
What makes FW safer than Dallas? - Dallas is the 5th most dangerous city and Fort Worth is the 9th safest despite the fact that they are less than an hour apart by car. Is is just a matter of a half-penny tax directed toward fighting crime?
2 comments:
On the "safe" issue -- if traffic injuries and fatalities are included, I could see why.
My limited experience is that people in Dallas are much ruder drivers than people in Fort Worth, at least on the highways, which tends to lead to more accidents.
Also, Fort Worth is smaller, and that might have a bit to do with it. (I'm wondering now how the 10 largest US cities ranked, and what factors the "safer" ones have in common, and what the "less safe" ones have in common. Then compare those to cities closer to the size of Fort Worth, and see if city size might have anything to do with it.)
They were definitely talking more about crime (murder, rape, etc.) than car accidents.
I don't get over to Forth Worth more than a few times a year, so I have no basis for comparison. Then again, there's plenty of parts of Dallas I haven't made it to either since I've been living here. I don't even go downtown very much.
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