societal cohesion and trust have value. something about high-density urban environments seems to cause people to forget this and give misplaced, overly-enthusia

societal cohesion and trust have value. something about high-density urban environments seems to cause people to forget this and give misplaced, overly-enthusiastic empathy to criminals, which causes societal decay. this should not be controversial, but it is. furthermore, one would expect that tacit admissions that things have become untenable (such as this move by Amazon, or anyone who ends up moving out of these cities) would give cause to reevaluate one's worldview, but for whatever reason this does not seem to occur, generally. combine these factors with political entrenchment and the only solution for the individual is to recognize these issues, move to somewhere with lower population density, and don't make the same mistake twice when it comes to voting for bills and elected officials, and, more generally, in being unafraid to value societal cohesion and trust, regardless of whether it's politically popular to do so.