Because you made a strawman out of their point. Reasonable people avoid drug markets for good reason. Drug crimes and non-drug crimes (assault, robbery, x/y/z)

Because you made a strawman out of their point. Reasonable people avoid drug markets for good reason. Drug crimes and non-drug crimes (assault, robbery, x/y/z) commonly cluster[1], and citizens with working risk estimation skills move on and cede the space. [1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2719901/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2719901/