the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society. 2.
Not so safe, but it all depends where you live in the city and all that. Downtown / midtown is the best, anything else is hit or miss. Areas on Moross St. by Grosse point are just as nice as anywhere else. Also, even though Detroit is arguably the most dangerous city in the country, suburbs are very safe.
In addition, Rochester, NY is safer than 5% of cities in the entire United States. To achieve these results, all New York and United States cities were analyzed to determine how many locations had a lower crime rate than Rochester, NY. By studying this data, it was possible to determine that Rochester, NY is below average in safety when compared with other United States cities.