I think that's a great point I haven't thought of much before. Goods have gotten way cheaper relative to the cost of services, and especially second hand goods

I think that's a great point I haven't thought of much before. Goods have gotten way cheaper relative to the cost of services, and especially second hand goods are almost unsellable in some cases - my guess is "porch pirate" thefts are more common now than home robberies. If you couple all the following: 1. Most goods in a home have little resale value. 2. Tons of homes, even in modest or poor areas, have security cameras. 3. At least where I live, many homeowners have guns. 4. As the article points out, with so many people now staying at home or having flexible schedules, it's a lot harder to determine when a house would be empty. Overall the risk/reward tradeoff just got much, much worse for home burglaries.