> the research done so far has not found any supporting evidence for this theory. You are incorrect. Research is favorable with caveats: https://journals.sage

> the research done so far has not found any supporting evidence for this theory. You are incorrect. Research is favorable with caveats: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022427815576576 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002242781557657... You may be conflating it with a VERY misreported meta analysis, the 2019 Daniel T O'Brien et al. which found BWT theory does not impact *mental health* of a neighborhood. He also normalized for SES which BWT is probably a direct predictor of (basically social funding). > The mugger was not using a weapon. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251914/number-of-robberies-in-the-us-by-weapon/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/251914/number-of-robberi... If you get mugged, that mugger almost certainly has a weapon. That you saw the exception does not alter the stats.