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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10 years ago seemed much more safe. [/quote]

Let me guess: you're in your 20's?[/quote]

Or to put it in terms his generation understands: tell me you're in your 20's without telling me you're in your 20's. [/quote]

I'm a different poster. I'm 45, and moved to DC in 2002. yes, it feels decidedly LESS safe today than it did in 2012 when my youngest was born. Why is it hard to comprehend that? Some of us live in areas that have always had a crime problem, but we've seen it get worse with our very eyes -- carjackings outside our front door, mom and child shot by ATV rider, the little girl who was killed outside Nats Park during a game, etc. nyc also feels less safe than when I graduated from college there in the late 90s. [/quote]

DC wasn't "tough on crime" in 2012 or in 2002. [/quote]

It was tougher. It was also tougher after the Clinton’s bill in the 90’s. I’m so tired of all the obstinate fks around here who seem to relish accommodating crime. It doesn’t make you virtuous or an ally.[/quote]

The problem with "tough on crime" policies is that they don't really reduce crime. If they worked it would be hard to argue against them. [/quote]
You mean like how crime rates declined consistently from the late-90’s until about 2018?[/quote]

The reduction in crime started in the early 90s. Exactly 20 years after the legalization of abortion (Roe vs. Wade) and outlawing of lead in paint and gasoline.

Economists have pinpointed that access to abortion and the outlawing of lead were the biggest factors in the reduction of crime from 1993 to around 2015. Why? Because it reduced unwanted children and unwanted children are a lot more likely to become criminals. Similarly, lead exposure is hugely detrimental to brain development and impulse control.

Crime has since risen since 2015. Uf we could study it accurately, I would venture to guess that the current rise in crime is most associated with the loosening of firearms laws and restrictions. Gun deaths and gun crimes have risen enormously. [/quote]
“Economists” LOL. None of these metrics are directly related to micro or macro econ. If you would have said sociologists, it would be more credible as social science research.[/quote]

Dude.  You know you are a douche, right?  Also probably less educated than most on this thread.  Not sure why you are peacocking, but it isn’t a good look.[/quote]

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