Except, of course, for the fact that each of those states has a higher murder rate than NY. And the statistics also confirm that NYC is one of the safest big cities around. But you do seem pretty smart, so have fun in Detroit!
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-nationally-and-state#MRord
Yep. Crime has been going up a bit thanks to our mayor, but overall it's still one of the safest cities in the world. Now we need to halt the recent increase in crime and reverse it before it's too late and we go back to pre-Guiliani NYC... Those were dark days indeed. Perhaps people would commit fewer crimes if living legitimately wasn't so damn hard in this city... You lose about half of your income in city/state/federal taxes combined at this point.