Keep your stuff locked up, folks.
I was parked near a friend's place (in a "good" neighborhood where houses are $400k, ironically), walked up the driveway, and just in 8-10 seconds after I left, there were people out of a car and were...
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mockturtle wrote:fj12ryder wrote:This article cites several examples of this phenomenon in different cities in the US. NYC is the best known study.
^^^^^^^^^^^A little basis in fact would be wonderful with a statement that starts "It's been well established...". :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
You beat me to it.
Another link to Broken Windows Theory Perhaps the most notable application of the theory was in New York City under the direction of Police Commissioner William Bratton.
edited to add this quote from the above link:
When Bratton resigned in 1996, felonies were down almost 40 percent in New York, and the homicide rate had been halved.
