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It is a policy choice that crime is allowed, inequality and low crime exist side by side in places like Shanghai, Tokyo, and Singapore

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The difference is that being poor in those places does not lead to life or death desperation amongst poor people.

Being poor in Shanghai leads to returning to whatever bumfuck village for government benefits because you don’t have a Shanghai hukou

The other two don’t have such an issue because they have cheap and small housing options, which are effectively banned in the US due to the effect of various regressive and “seemingly progressive” housing policies

What do you mean by "low crime"? All of those places are well known for their 'secret societies'.

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