> It would be surprising if this didn't lead to an increase in crime in California. This doesn't explain it IMO. My neighborhood is undergoing a huge spike in

> It would be surprising if this didn't lead to an increase in crime in California. This doesn't explain it IMO. My neighborhood is undergoing a huge spike in rents and average income. At the same time there has also been a spike in homelessness, with the vast majority being young (20's-30's), white, and devoid of any tattoos. I'm not sure how it's classified, but most of the crimes are non-violent theft of mail and bikes or simple trespassing (sleeping on the roof, hiding in the garage during rainfall, etc.). It's more of a desperate type of survival than it is people living a life of crime. Sign of the times, but I am not optimistic towards the future..especially when the jobs being promised are primarily low skill labor that can already be done by people in 3rd world nations and will undoubtedly be ripe for elimination by automation.