• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Exactly. I was curious and looked up crime statistics in DC and there has been a notable increase in violent crime this year. But why? Is it really down to changing economic conditions? They don’t seem overly different from last year, at least not enough to cause a big spike. And crime was famously low during and immediately after the 2008 financial crisis when many people were really struggling. It seems that poverty and inequality are factors, but there are other factors we don’t seem to have identified.