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| Topic | Almost all stores in downtown San Francisco being boarded up. |
| Houston 12/03/21 10:13:29 PM #90: | hockeybub89 posted... "Crime rates are out of control" is almost always sensationalist propaganda that is either downright wrong or over-exaggerating short-term increases. All so anyone who suggests anything other than getting tough on crime can be accused of being a criminal supporter and part of the problem. I'm not sure exactly how crime rates are calculated or how individual jurisdictions calculate them. What I do know is that cities 20-30 years ago didn't generally have miles of tents, open drug use, open defecation, and if it did occur, people certainly weren't saying that it was normal or just part of living in a big city. Stores certainly wouldn't have boarded up or shut down due to rampant crime (apart from big events such as the 90s LA riot). You can dance around it all you want, but I see with my own two eyes the difference. Things are getting pretty bad in some places and it wasn't like that before. Maybe you don't notice a difference, but I certainly do. --- "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr Seuss ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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