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People want suburbia because crime is often lower. Why won't we accept this reality. I don't understand why so called progressives don't just face this issue he
by anon291 3y ago
People want suburbia because crime is often lower. Why won't we accept this reality. I don't understand why so called progressives don't just face this issue head on. Increasing incarceration rates makes cities safer. It's true that some small number of people will be jailed. It's also true that more people would move to cities.
And before someone throws out some nonsense politics. I live in the inner city (less than a mile to downtown) in a west coast major city. I can count several neighbors on my block, people who've lived here decades, who are leaving due to crime / rampant drug use.
- mdgrech23 3y agoI'm in an east coast city. I've visited big west coast cities numerous times. I feel our problems are very different. You have policies that support the homeless and people with drug addictions so people facing those challenges flock to cities like yours from all over the country. The nations problems are then dumped on places like San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. It's not fair and it's not right. We need better federal safety nets to prevent people from getting into these positions to begin with and if they do safety nets that allow them to stay in their hometown.
- topaz0 3y agoIncarceration rates in this country are sky-high compared to others with lower crime. Crime rates were decreasing well before incarceration boomed, too. The evidence is incredibly clear that incarceration is not an effective anti-crime measure, to anyone willing to look.
- anon291 3y agoObviously lower incarceration correlates with lower crime. When crime is low you need to lock fewer people up. I would suggest people making this claim learn about the difference between correlation and causality. And then look at El Salvador. It is incredibly clear that increased incarceration lowers crime.