I live in a small city in California where virtually all violent crime is either inter-family or one druggie fighting another druggie. I don't fear for my personal safety walking around or at my house.
What there is is a massive epidemic of low-level theft, vandalism, arson, illegal camping, brandishing, and general druggie nonsense where…
I live in a small city in California where virtually all violent crime is either inter-family or one druggie fighting another druggie. I don't fear for my personal safety walking around or at my house.
What there is is a massive epidemic of low-level theft, vandalism, arson, illegal camping, brandishing, and general druggie nonsense where, like...
Someone acts out and smashes a window and they get arrested and they're back out on the street 48 hours later and they steal the copper out of someone's AC and they're back out and they steal a catalytic converter and blah blah blah and it just keeps going until they meet their Day Man/Night Man counterpart and there's a battle and someone ends up hospitalized or dead and only then is it serious in the eyes of the law.
And meanwhile when the catalytic converter gets stolen out of my company's work truck then that screws up the whole business from top to bottom.
Drew Magary took a walk around Lake Merritt last week to show everyone how safe Oakland is and on the back leg there was a car on fire in what is normally a "safe" area.
Nobody died; it doesn't add to the murder stats. However, that's an economic hit that matters to the people there. The perception that the economy is not so great these days isn't just inflation, it's the fear that a broken car window could be ruinous.
I live in a small city in California where virtually all violent crime is either inter-family or one druggie fighting another druggie. I don't fear for my personal safety walking around or at my house.
What there is is a massive epidemic of low-level theft, vandalism, arson, illegal camping, brandishing, and general druggie nonsense where, like...
Someone acts out and smashes a window and they get arrested and they're back out on the street 48 hours later and they steal the copper out of someone's AC and they're back out and they steal a catalytic converter and blah blah blah and it just keeps going until they meet their Day Man/Night Man counterpart and there's a battle and someone ends up hospitalized or dead and only then is it serious in the eyes of the law.
And meanwhile when the catalytic converter gets stolen out of my company's work truck then that screws up the whole business from top to bottom.
Drew Magary took a walk around Lake Merritt last week to show everyone how safe Oakland is and on the back leg there was a car on fire in what is normally a "safe" area.
Nobody died; it doesn't add to the murder stats. However, that's an economic hit that matters to the people there. The perception that the economy is not so great these days isn't just inflation, it's the fear that a broken car window could be ruinous.