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Originally Posted by troutman
Yes, it was bums. I talked to the police. They have much more work in the inner city than the suburbs. That's a fact.
I choose to live with it, because the pros outweigh the cons (pun intended).
Aside from murders, it is the drug dealing and related theft/prostitution/assaults that are concentrated in the inner city.
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And in the inner city, you typically get more diverse neighbourhoods with a higher concentration of co-existing property types (ie. residential, commerical, institutional) mixed with higher structural densities in general.
If the trade-off for that is crime, so be it. That's the nature of the beast of living in a city of this size. But the amenities that I have available to me, combined with the institutional, cultural and recreational facilities all within my grasp, and work, fars outweighs the negatives that crime could potentially influence my standard of living.
And the types of crime you listed... that happens everywhere, even if it's not publicily in sight. I bet there's more grow-ops in the suburbs and just as much drug usage as there is in the inner city. Assaults, well, I'm not sure of the stats, but when you have alot more people living closer together, they're bound to happen. You just have to make sure you don't get into a situation where you're involved. You just gotta use street smarts.