Magnolia Is Seattle's Crime-Infested Ghetto

by Charles MudedeMagnolia, Seattle Karl Weatherly/gettyimages.comGene Balk's June 28 story "'Mean world syndrome': In some Seattle neighborhoods, fear of crime exceeds reality" has upset a number of people who live in the pretty posh and almost totally white neighborhood of Magnolia. They are mad at him for stating what should be obvious to anyone whose relationship with reality is checked and shaped by the facts.By comparing a recent public safety study conducted by the Seattle University&rsquo