How Ghetto is Your City?

 A few months ago, we posted a handy equation to help you figure out how white trash your city is.  We didn't want to overlook all the ghetto cities out there, though,  so we came up with The Ghetto Formula, to help you determine how ghetto your city is:

 

The Procedure

It's important that ghetto stats for all test cities be collected from the same sources, in order to maintain some level of consistency:

 

# of Cash Advance Stores

This should be obtained from a Google Maps search of "Cash Advance", along with your zip code.  Then scroll to the bottom of the results column and use the total number of search results, which will be a grey number that says "(#) Results".

 

# of Long John Silver's Restaurants

Utilize the same technique used above.  Search Google Maps for "Long John Silvers" and your zip code, and use the Total Search results number, located at the bottom of the results column. 

 

# of Government Housing Projects

Do a Google Maps search of "Government Housing" with your zip code, then use the Total Search results number, located at the bottom of the results column.

 

# of Pawn Shops

To find the number of Pawn Shops in your town, use the pawn shop locator, which can be found here.  Type in your zip code, and use the total results number.

 

# of Car Thefts per Year

This number can be obtained from crime statistics, which can be found  here. Find your city on the list, double click, then locate the car thefts statistics that the site provides.

 

Population

Population is probably the most important ghetto stat in the entire formula, because a city's true ghetto-ness must be determined on a per capita basis.  Pull population statistics from Wikipedia by searching the city name, and then using the "Population of Metro Area" number, located in the right-hand column of the page.

 

Preliminary Tests:

 

 

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