Sonic Boom 2013 Dated; Moves to Midwest

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1. Bigger cities have more crimes. You’re at risk at any big city — just be careful and stay in groups.

   1. I wish there were a Sonic Sez PSA for that.

   2. I’ve been to Saint Louis dozens of times it’s as safe as any big city. By that logic I they shouldn’t be hosting major sporting events there either. By by Rams. Here’s an idea let’s all stay in our homes too. It’s dangerous outside, who cares if the criminals win.

2. Yay, fear-mongering! We’ve finally hit the big leagues, guys!

   Haha, but seriously though, like LA is much better. Wonder where they ranked on the list.

   1. ChaoticFox: LA isn’t on either list (or not in the top 10, anyway.)

      -T

3. @Tristan – Well, that’s scary, because I thought LA was bad…I never feel safe there when I visit. The only cool thing about LA are all the cats and pups/dogs that go through your house fence and chill there. B)

4. man oh man, tristan, are you scared? or just mad it’s out of your way, and thus trying to fear-monger?

5. Because London is SO much safer.

   1. Tracker: The way statistics are assembled, it actually is. By a mile.

      -T

      1. Regardless, London is still not fantastic in safety, particularly in the knife crime department-yet Summer of Sonic has run swimmingly there for years.

         1. And, for the record, I’m happy SOS has returned to London, as it’s my understanding the seaside location last year was sort of a nightmare.

            -T

6. At least it isn’t in my stomping grounds of Detroit where crime and corruption is the talk of town. Just saying there is always worse…

7. I’m amazed that list you linked didn’t put in Camden, NJ, where other publishers have titled it as the worst city in the U.S.

   1. Cassidy: To be fair, I think any Sonic Boom around those parts would be held in NYC.
      -T

8. Well…I WAS going to go again this year…oh well

9. Wow. This is straight up fear-mongering. I’ve lived in St. Louis county all my life. I go up to the city all the time. It’s no different from your normal city. Really.
   Not only that, Delmar Loop is nowhere near where the “bad” parts of the city are anyway.
   The Loop, and anywhere near it, is perfectly safe.
   I implore you come visit St. Louis for this Sonic Boom event. Nothing bad will happen to you I promise.

   1. And just to clarify even more; those statistics only really apply for a very small section of the city. If even that. Not of it’s entirety…

   2. To be honest, Detroit is much worse. Shadey characters on every corner and buildings and roads crumbling and rotting. At St. Louis, just like anywhere, use a bit of common sense in where and when you go and how you handle yourself and your valuables and everyone will be fine there.

10. They hold high school Robotics competitions in St. Louis. It seemed pretty safe to me. Honestly, it didn’t really seem like that big of a city to me.

11. For shame

12. You kniw what would be cool us if eaxh year they chang the region. Like west coast , then midwest, then east coast. That would be awsome…please come to the east coast.

13. It’s closer to my neck of the woods, but not by much. It’s still a 7+ hour drive from Knoxville. >.<

14. I laughed incredibly hard over this

    Guess I’m not coming this year either >.<

15. I might go, don’t know yet. If I do go, I would gladly take photos and write up a article or two for TSSZ.

16. You make it sound scary but it’s not. It’s a fair warning though and I can see why it’s there.

17. Dang, I won’t be there this year.

    Seriously, do you think SEGA is trying to kill the Summer of Sonic tradition? Maybe if they set it in St. Louis, not so many people will show up, it will fail then they won’t be obligated to do it again next year. Last two years it was during e3 and comic con which i’m sure helped the numbers. Is there something special going on in St. louis?

18. As a person from Chicago… I’m a bit pissed they didn’t choose us. We’re a little more … something something than that location.

19. Holy cow, I live in Saint Louis! I…I might actually be able to go to a Sonic event! This is CRAZY! Now I have to keep a close eye on info (time, tickets, etc.).

    Oh, and having grown up in STL County my whole life, I can tell you it’s not a ridiculously dangerous town. I don’t hear gunshots out my window at night, there aren’t a ton of robberies around here; there are certainly parts of town that aren’t so safe, but on the whole, this is a pretty good city to grow up in, and to raise a family in.

20. Okay come on, this isn’t even professional. I can see a footnote and a small advisory about the crime rate, not a part of the title and 50% of the article.

    To my knowledge the main thing St. Louis has besides the arch is the Budweiser factory. Now if they moved it 3 hours west to Kansas City, they could have hooked up Google Fiber and HD streamed the thing online. But again, that all has jack to do with the announcement.

    It would have been more reasonable to talk about the to choice of location and the lack of bundling the concert with another major event. While I’m glad people in the midwest will have a great opportunity to see something that was one of the better experiences I’ve had, it’s a big area with only a handful of major cities and population centers within a reasonable distance. I am doubtful that a large enough crowd will take the option of flying for just the concert. ComicCon and E3 are week long events. Even SXSW could have been a venue in this rough vicinity.

    It’s possible something happened that an original plan fell through, which would account for the late announcement. I believe last year’s was announced in April.

21. @Tristan: I knew that statistic seemed really off. The Forbes number isn’t referring to murders per year, actually violent acts of crime per year. Here is the actual murder number, 113. ( http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2013/01/st_louis_city_homicide_total_2012.php )

22. Hopefully all goes smoothly and safely!

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