It's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large, dirty, crime-ridden city.

"I didn't want to raise my kids in a crime-ridden city, and I didn't see it getting any better," he said.

People who live in the crime-ridden inner cities already know the rest of America thinks them unworthy of protection.

Camden was in civic free fall, on its way to becoming one of the poorest, most crime-ridden cities in the nation.

Deploying the Guard in Washington would invite other crime-ridden cities to do the same.

But Washington's reputation as a violent, crime-ridden city kept a lot of potential suburban customers in the suburbs.

While some adults disagree, teen-agers say they have practical uses in a crime-ridden city.

The incident has transfixed Detroit, which has been trying to shake its image as a crime-ridden city.

The New York of that time was "a broken city," crime-ridden and nearly bankrupt.

Synopsis: This noirish film, set in a crime-ridden city, opens with a man walking a woman down an alley.