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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sad thing is you used to be able to leave your car unlocked and trust your neighbors not to break into your car.[/quote]
Uh, when? Car thefts were multiple times higher around 1990, despite Arlington's population being much lower:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/09/20/auto-thefts-rose-slightly-in-first-six-months-of-1990/376e31f4-37c8-43c5-a542-379d8a1f13f3/
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.[/quote]
you are totally wrong
1) car theft in 1990 was listed by MPD to FBI as car thefts. Today about half  are not listed as 'car thefts" but veyr low misdemeanor "taking without permission." Pretty much a crime like taking a candy bar.
2) [b]violent Carjackings are up 4 fold from 1990[/b]
3) In 1990 the average car was nine years old and 1980's and early 1990's had no serious security. You could steal a 1987 car with a screwdriver jammed into ignition once you broke a window and got inside.
4) that was a  serious crime peak right before President Clinton legislation that greatly increased policing funding and penalties for serious crimes which drove serious crime down from 1993 for near 25 years. Homicide for example fell 60% as a result of stringer penalties. Now it is rising as a result of less time served for serious crimes.[/quote]

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