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The light won't make you safer. It might make you feel safer, which is a different thing entirely.

Not sure I buy that. [0] has some data to suggest that light decreases crime, and there's also common sense. If you can see a potentially sketchy situation a block down, it gives you the chance to take a little detour and perhaps avoid it entirely. The light also allows more witnesses, more people to step in if needed, more people to call cops if needed, and more chance for cameras to be effective.

[0] https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/5/9/how-something-a...

Strikes me as a load of hogwash. Witnesses are next to useless. The more people witness a crime, the less likely any one of them is going to help, i.e. the bystander effect.

Street lights also don't increase visibility all that much, they increase visibility in the lit areas, at the cost of reducing vision in the unlit spots because your eyes don't have time to adjust.

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