This is just an observation from my area of living. Most "small crime" has gotten much much more prevelant. By small crime I mean, drugs, home burglary, child molestation, wife beating and other non-murder type stuff, while not small to the victim it doesn't usually make headlines. This has come about since they wiped out the local Mafia. While the Mafia, was bad it also kept small crime in check, have a problem with that type of crime mentioning it to the right people and it was no longer a problem.

 

Interesting discussion could spawn from that. Not so much true here. My area is the Greater Cleveland, Ohio USA suburbs. A good portion of the actual crime never makes the local newspaper. Years ago everything made the news from a dog at large to a homicide. Today it pretty much takes a very violent crime like a homicide to make the papers. Even then specific facts are often held back. Part of the reasoning is cities try to sell themselves in the public eye. Things like large conventions that bring in big money are not looking to host their conventions in crime ridden cities where any attendee stands a chance of being robbed at gun point or car jacked if they leave their hotel. Crime, especially violent crime is played down.

Here is another example going to San Francisco where thread starter Glen Holland is. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)

This is not the sort of video any chamber of commerce wants to promote their chamber of commerce.

Ron

Maybe I should mention this novel about it:
https://www.amazon.ca/Evil-Hour-Gabriel-Garcia-Marquez/dp/0060919647

Purely Materialistic viewpoint to politics,wealth,culture,education,friendship,etc always suffers...but in nowadays world,people seemingly can't get rid of that.or they are tired of instabilities that non-materialistic ideologies have provided.

 

San Francisco (and other large cities) are now like living in the Third World. People with the $$$ to buy a home in the suburbs are moving out of big cities in droves.

The extreme East Bay region is a prime location for single family homes in a quiet neighborhood. But it's also right between the Calaveras Fault and the Concord Fault. However, the residents say they'd rather put up with earthquakes centered in their backyard than deal with all the hassles of city living.

People with money here are buying up lower to middle class neighborhoods and tearing the buildings down and building urban mansions. The prior residents can not afford their childhood homes and are forced to move to rural parts of the state.

 

That was a problem 40 years ago when my parents were living in Stamford CT. In fully developed Urban areas the only way to build a new home is to demolish and build or go into a complete rebuild and upgrade of an existing structure. There are still a LOT of undeveloped and much less expensive areas in the US. My son is in Seattle and what that area is going through being the home for Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon is unbelievable. My son just spent more money on a tiny 1 bedroom condo than I have in my 3.5 acres, 4 bedrooms, waterfront coastal property.

 

Here's a site about the problem here is S.F:

https://stopcrimesf.com/

Seems that S.F. now has the dubious reputation for being the worst in the nation.