> A holistic approach is needed.
The challenge I see is that I agree with you, don’t know what to do, and no one seems to be proposing viable solutions.
Yes, it would be great to achieve what other “first-world” countries do to have such low crime. But what do we do?
What seems to be happening now is you have some locations stopping prosecution, crimes going up, businesses closing. People who don’t like crime, and can afford it, moving to suburbs. Or exurbs even with remote work.
These suburbs not only prosecute, but execute. I live in a suburb that activated the national guard because they thought people might riot and loot the lululemon. That’s an overreaction, I think. But the lululemon was not looted and it remains open.
I fear that in 10 years we’ll have a spiral of crime areas and rich people areas. I have little sympathy for the criminals, but the vast majority of people are good and can’t afford a $500k 2 bedroom condo in the burbs just to be able to get groceries and overpriced home goods from target.
When given a choice between 1) vote for change and wait and 2) vote for change and move to a secure location; I think people will continue to choose #2.