Any search on crime data will show people that my fair state of Ohio probably has the most bad apples in it than NY, NJ, Cali, Michigan or Chicago. Ohioans have the dubious distinction of having top notch cities to engage in illegal activity which include but not limited to Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Youngstown, etc....
I enjoyed my visit to NYC. Had a blast and nobody messed with me. Now Chicago, ugghh, you couldn't pay me to go back. I'd rather hand out in Detroit or Flint before I ever go back to Chicago.
I'm an Ohioan that's been to NYC, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago several times. Detroit ranks slightly below NY, with Boston and Chicago feeling much more "friendly" to me. I'd live in any of them except for Detroit. What a -box.