Is St Louis now only known as Ferguson?

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Is St Louis now only known as Ferguson?

As we watch the story unfold about the shooting in Ferguson, MIssouri many think it is a major part of St Louis. I finally decided to write a post showing the scope of size of Ferguson inside St Louis.
Image:Is St Louis now only known as Ferguson?
On the right of the image is the entire State of Missouri which covers 69,709 square miles. Next to it on the left is the cutout of St Louis County which covers 524 square miles. Inside of that left image is Ferguson which covers 6.2 square miles. Yes you read that correctly. All of the news events take place inside of 1.183% of St Louis County in Missouri. A pindrop in scope.

The airport standard no fly zone is basically bigger than the entire small city we are talking about here. But how the press and no my international friends see the city is being tarnished for a long time to come. What do I have invested in this?

I know that Ferguson would never be a place to consider as a "stay away form there" area at all. I eat there, drive through there, have shopped there and have friends there. It is a suburb like any other. It actually borders the largest other city (Florrisant) in all of St Louis. They share a school district.. Below is the Ferguson that I know. Image from Live Well Ferguson.
Image:Is St Louis now only known as Ferguson?
Walking trails, tons of parks and next to the University of St Louis- Missouri. The division of who lives there makes no sense as news is reporting they have not had a single murder this year until now. None. Not one.

So as we portray the entire St Louis region in the media as just Ferguson, do a little research into the reaches. I am keeping my opinions on the entire incident out of this because it had no bearing on the constant flood of emails, tweets, comments and more I gratefully receive form all over the world asking if I am safe and secure. Yes, most everyone is. As you see it is quite easy to participate and stay safe.