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The $100k Escalade in front of the $35k house is substantially less likely to be robbed than the $100k Escalade in front of the $200k house in the burbs.
by 15155 10y ago
The $100k Escalade in front of the $35k house is substantially less likely to be robbed than the $100k Escalade in front of the $200k house in the burbs.
- PostOnce 10y agoSubstantially less appealing from an objective profitability perspective, perhaps. But realistically, poorer areas = more crime
- rhizome 10y agopoorer areas = more crime I don't believe this for a second.
- PostOnce 10y agoYou don't have to believe me, look at a crime map or read some statistics. People who have a decent income and stability aren't likely to be driven to crimes of desperation, such as burglary and robbery (among many others), so even without statistics you can imagine why it would be true. "Persons in poor households at or below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) (39.8 per 1,000) had more than double the rate of violent victimization as persons in high-income households (16.9 per 1,000)." https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WrnC-FRvgi4J:https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm%3Fty%3Dpbdetail%26iid%3D5137+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz&client=ubuntu https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WrnC-F... http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21613303-disturbing-study-link-between-incomes-and-criminal-behaviour-have-and http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/2161330... This isn't my theory and it isn't new, so I'm not sure why you don't believe it.