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> Anyone who lived under Edward I. Koch’s mayorship would agree that the broken window theory has merit. There are subsequent studies that suggest it didn't ha
by vmception 6y ago
> Anyone who lived under Edward I. Koch’s mayorship would agree that the broken window theory has merit.
There are subsequent studies that suggest it didn't have as much merit as people imagined it did.
- mc32 6y ago“Not as much” doesn’t mean no merit. Even empty storefronts with no broken windows, if they dominate, take out the spirit of a location. Cities could, if they have resources, lease and use them for community centered services to entice some form of vibrance.
- vmception 6y agoWhich is why I wrote not as much instead of no merit. Words.
- Nasrudith 6y agoCrime dropped nationwide regardless of strategy and that they didn't show an extra drop as would be expected. That suggests it is at best useless or counterproductive.
- mc32 6y agoSo... as a kid when you see a broken window as opposed to a pristine one, which one do kids try to break? Do kids break into abandoned warehouses or occupied warehouses?
- vmception 6y agoThe efforts were in vain and just marginalized a bunch of minorities like every other policing tactic, sorry you've spent so much of your life believing something else.
- mc32 6y agoAs i I kid I hung out with kids on the periphery and kids who had it better. Maybe the group I knew was exceptional in that respect, but abandoned places were preferred targets as opposed to others.