# Dear Amherst, N.Y.: Suck It **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508 "2006-10-30T23:43:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/1 "2006-10-30T23:43:01Z")
After years and years and years of being ranked in the top five, my hometown of Brick, N.J. is finally ranked the #1 [Safest City in America](http://www.morganquitno.com/safecity.htm). The fact that I moved away from there over the Summer is purely coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/2 "2006-10-31T00:42:33Z")
Which civil liberties did you gave up for the additional safety? I’m surprised they let you go online. Wait . . . ah ha! I get it! You can’t say what you really want because you’re being monitored, right? Don’t worry, brother, I hear you loud and clear. You’re writing in code are’t you? I’m working on breaking it now. Viva La Resistance! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/3 "2006-10-31T00:56:19Z")
Hey now, I have friends that live in Amherst. I used to work there. It’s two towns over from where I live. I’ve been to New Jersey and was forced to live there by Uncle Sam for a while. It doesn’t have the nickname of “the armpit of America” for no reason! Neener neener to you. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/4 "2006-10-31T01:42:03Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Goob] Hey now, I have friends that live in Amherst. I used to work there. It’s two towns over from where I live. I’ve been to New Jersey and was forced to live there by Uncle Sam for a while. It doesn’t have the nickname of “the armpit of America” for no reason! Neener neener to you. [/QUOTE] Watch it you. Where did Uncle Sam have you stationed? Hey Hal, did you see Camden moved up from Worst to only 5th worst. I hear they are celebrating their triumph. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/5 "2006-10-31T01:49:49Z")
Detroit is still number two. Goin strong, baby! (insert World Series joke here, Jim) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/6 "2006-10-31T05:36:16Z")
Tragically, Brick, New Jersey was shot and killed only hours after this story came out while being mugged by Saint Louis, Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/7 "2006-10-31T14:42:04Z")
I would have thought there would be more unsafe practices at the Cheese Mine! 😉 Besides, Amherst has the perfect solution for remaining crime-free – any crime, they drag the evidence across the line into Tonawanda! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/8 "2006-10-31T15:16:40Z")
Wow, Reading, PA, 21st worst! Things have been declining there, but whoa. ---
**Author:** ![not\_austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@not\_austin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_austin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/9 "2006-10-31T15:21:05Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] The fact that I moved away from there over the Summer is purely coincidental. [/QUOTE] So THATS why the sheep there looked so happy… (sorry.. couldn’t resist.. :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/10 "2006-10-31T16:42:59Z")
Maybe it had something to do with the new Rt 70 bridge! Now with 20% less crime! ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/11 "2006-10-31T17:19:17Z")
I can’t believe that Orlando made it on the Most Dangerous 25 list. Orlando? I don’t see it. Maybe I should start watching the news more. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-amherst-n-y-suck-it/378508/12 "2006-11-01T23:52:13Z")
[QUOTE=DJ Motorbike] Which civil liberties did you gave up for the additional safety? I’m surprised they let you go online. [/QUOTE] Heh…actually, it’s just a matter of having an utterly massive police force for such a small town (well, as small a town as you can cram 80,000 people into). The nice thing is that the cops aren’t all hardasses – as long as you’re not doing something ridiculous, you won’t be pulled over. Trouble is, all that manpower costs money. To the point where a one-bedroom condo in town now goes for about a quarter-mil. Hence, our moving. Ah well.