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As San Francisco car break-ins plunge, these businesses are suffering
- quantified 1y agoLet's find the cloud containing the silver lining! Like prison guards, there are employees that we wish we didn't need at all.
- mathattack 1y agoYes - this is one way in which GDP is a bad measure for happiness. Security, prison guards and glass replacements are all positive for GDP.
- readthenotes1 1y agoDon't forget medical expenses for preventable disease, along with high-fructose-infused food like substances
- Our_Benefactors 1y agohttps://archive.is/MdElb https://archive.is/MdElb
- pushcx 1y agoIncredible missed opportunity to cite the parable of the broken window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
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- zingababba 1y agoHow can AI solve this problem?
- quickslowdown 1y agoWhy don't you think on that and come back when you have a suggestion.
- lantry 1y agoor just ask chatgpt!
- RickJWagner 1y agoTakeaway: the cops adjusted and succeeded in reducing crime. Great news!
- sundaeofshock 1y agoAnother theory: people stopped leaving things in their cars, so this form of crime became less lucrative.
- slowmovintarget 1y agoThat's not what the numbers quoted in the article for police activity suggest. The police adjusted the risk/reward ratio toward risk for offenders. They also worked to get the most egregious offenders which also had an outsized impact. No need for alternate theory. Catching criminals and punishing them actually does work to reduce crime.
- m463 1y agoanother: maybe fewer people are commuting to work in the city alternate: cybertruck windows don't break