throwaway15579

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   by throwaway15579 5y ago

   This is how life is in basically every Central and South American city, in my experience. As soon as a family has some relatively small amount of wealth they will spend it on ultra-secure apartment buildings, tall walls around their house,
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   by throwaway15579 5y ago

   I would say the trail was blazed by cities over-correcting from the war on drugs and basically making low-level crime completely unpunished or enforced.
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   by throwaway15579 5y ago

   I'm seeing the same thing in Seattle. Private security has become MUCH more common all over the city in the past few years. I even see apartment buildings hiring 24/7 private security that patrols the building and the street aroun
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   by throwaway15579 5y ago

   In my neighborhood in Seattle I've seen a tweaked-out individual literally just walking down the street spray-painting cars at around 6pm on a weekday. I called the police and they told me all officers were busy on more urgent/vio
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   by throwaway15579 5y ago

   One thing that comes to mind here is that on-demand private security with fast response times are common-place in high crime countries and cities (such as Brazil and South Africa). I'm honestly not surprised that people in LA are turni