List: 10 cities where surveillance cameras are always watching

[The Heretic]

Did your hometown make the list of the 10 most surveilled U.S. cities?

There's an average of six government-monitored cameras per 1,000 U.S. residents. The number is higher for the top 10 most surveilled cities.

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The top 10 most surveilled cities in the US.

Based on the number of cameras per 1,000 people, these are the 10 most surveilled cities in the U.S.:

1. Atlanta, Georgia – 24,800 cameras for 506,811 people = 48.93 cameras per 1,000 people.
2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 28,064 cameras for 1,584,064 people = 17.72 cameras per 1,000 people.
3. Denver, Colorado – 12,273 cameras for 727,211 people = 16.88 cameras per 1,000 people.
4. Washington, District of Columbia – 11,441 cameras for 705,749 people = 16.21 cameras per 1,000 people.
5. San Francisco, California – 14,266 cameras for 881,549 people = 16.18 cameras per 1,000 people.
6. Las Vegas, Nevada – 10,208 cameras for 651,319 people = 15.67 cameras per 1,000 people.
7. Detroit, Michigan – 8,836 cameras for 670,031 people = 13.19 cameras per 1,000 people.
8. Chicago, Illinois – 32,000 cameras for 2,693,976 people = 11.88 cameras per 1,000 people.
9. Portland, Oregon – 6,411 cameras for 654,741 people = 9.79 cameras per 1,000 people.
10. Fresno, California – 4,706 cameras for 531,576 people = 8.85 cameras per 1,000 people.

While U.S. cities are under heavy surveillance, China has us beat overall with 372.8 cameras per 1,000 people.

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[mkwerx]

So do the number of cameras have any corrolation to the safey of the city? More cameras = safer, less safe, or is it more likely that the cities went to crap and thus caused the rise of the surveillance state? Public cameras, private cameras, and are these even counting the cameras people put up in their own homes?

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

As for Washington DC, I know; I helped put a bunch of them in!! At least those in the Capitol Hill area.

 

[Yarome]

So do the number of cameras have any corrolation to the safey of the city?

Nah... Just more youtube content.

 

[Knobgoblin]

That list is %50 racist.

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

And 100% liberal.

 

[aksu747]

And 100% liberal.

They all also have decently high crime rates.
Its a common pattern.

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

Actually, it's not the cameras that make that determination, it's the cities and their want to 'monitor' the people.

 

[po18guy]

They had more cameras in Seattle than in Atlanta, but druggies tore them down and traded them for dope.