> The poor never occupied prime (at the time) real estate Couldn't agree more! That's the irony. For many cities, crime kept the richer people further away fro

> The poor never occupied prime (at the time) real estate Couldn't agree more! That's the irony. For many cities, crime kept the richer people further away from the inner city, where many jobs are/were. In places like London, Sydney, NYC and SF, it is really hard to find workers for hotels because the people that do such jobs live so far away. This is the great irony of improving city conditions like reduced crime. In a really scary way, crime was poor people's saviour from long, perhaps even un-profitable treks to work. Take London. https://www.toptiplondon.com/transport/tickets/underground-tickets-travelcards/ https://www.toptiplondon.com/transport/tickets/underground-t... if you trek in from a zone that is cheaper and further out, the costs as a fraction of income are huge.