Same experience. Ideology dictates how people respond to reality. They will insist crime is not bad. They will dig up statistics to fit their narrative -peop

Same experience. Ideology dictates how people respond to reality. They will insist crime is not bad. They will dig up statistics to fit their narrative -people are over reporting, people are underreporting- anything to deny that property crime is actually worse. Yes the 80s were bad. You’d get mugged is some parts of the city. However B&E, crime against vehicles and shoplifting were not at the levels today. They insist it’s people who are starving who steal ignoring that it’s organized gangs doing this. Without care this can turn into North American Sao Paolo where people have compounds with armed guards in the wealthy neighborhoods and the middle class suffer street crime.