I saw a piece on this on NYC tvnews and had to chuckle at Joe Scarpelli's comments. " I credit this to the mayor's policies..." he is the mayor! Nice job Joe, patting yourself on the back, hope you didn't hurt your arm!
I used to cover local twp meetings when I was in radio, Brick was always fun. Scott McFadden, the former Biz admin was great to deal with. One nega about Brick, lots of asphalt.
I always take these rating things with a shaker of salt. It's all statistics and they can be interpreted myriad ways, and it depends upon which they use to base thier decision. For example, years ago one mag rated a city in which I worked in TV as one of the healthiest places in the country. that was based on the number of doctors per capita. Never mind the heavily ethnic neighborhoods filled with greasy, fatty foods, the obesity and heavy reliance on smokes as a form of entertainment. Just have a doctor close does not make you healthy.
even the NYT in that article messed up the stats, they based SS HTS crime rate on the census population, its a small boro with a small full time residnecy, where thes population explodes in the summer, as does the crime rate. are the numbers correct? yes, technically, but are they a true representation of reality? that's your call.
