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Isn't it possible that places that are too poor to reliably remove potential lead exposure from their environment are also poor enough to attract crime in gener
by jimbob45 5y ago
Isn't it possible that places that are too poor to reliably remove potential lead exposure from their environment are also poor enough to attract crime in general?
This makes the assumption that poorness and crime are correlated, which I recently learned is not a universal truth.
- jonny_eh 5y ago> This makes the assumption that poorness and crime are correlated, which I recently learned is not a universal truth. Two variables can be correlated, without being a universal truth.
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think it is a universal truth if crime offers more opportunities than honest work. But if everyone is dirt poor, there are also few opportunities for crime. You need a certain level of inequality because crime needs victims. Not much profit from steeling some cow from a poor farmer.