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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh, we live near one of the new proposed cites. Hooray for my property values and my kids' safety going down the drain.[/quote] There is no evidence that family homeless shelters lead to a rise in crime.[/quote] I just did some research, and the answer seems to be unclear. There are studies suggesting shelters increase area crime, but those studies hypothesize that increased crime occurs because shelters full of low-risk homeless families are placed in high crime neighborhoods, so they become a pool of victims for neighborhood criminals. That doesn't seem likely in NWDC. But on the other hand, I find no studies addressing impacts of shelters in wealthy neighborhoods like NWDC, so there's simply not much data. Do you have studies that are on point?[/quote]
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